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Illinois Global Institute Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity

Eleanor Frances Seiler

Eleanor Frances Seiler earned her B.A. in 1913 and M.A. in 1914 from the University of Denver. In 1916, she obtained her second M.A. in physics from the University of Illinois. In 1922, she became the first woman to earn a PhD in physics at UIUC with a thesis on photoelectric cells. 

Illinois Global Institute Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity

201 Coble Hall, MC-401

801 S. Wright Street

Champaign, IL 61820

(217) 333-1994

Email: wggp@illinois.edu

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