Mabel Smith Douglass was one of the most successful women of her time, having broken through the glass ceiling to create and serve as the inaugural dean of the New Jersey College for Women at Rutgers. The school would later be called Douglass College.
While her professional life soared, though, Douglass's personal life began to sink. Her husband met an untimely death in 1917, and her son committed suicide six years later. Douglass entered a mental health facility after having a nervous breakdown, and emerged a year later.
https://www.adirondack.net/history/lady-in-the-lake
While her professional life soared, though, Douglass's personal life began to sink. Her husband met an untimely death in 1917, and her son committed suicide six years later. Douglass entered a mental health facility after having a nervous breakdown, and emerged a year later.
https://www.adirondack.net/history/lady-in-the-lake
