Ednah Shepard Thomas

Ednah Shepard Thomas
A young white woman with bobbed dark hair, wearing a mortar board cap
Ednah Shepard, from a 1923 newspaper
Born
Ednah Goodwin Shepard

June 14, 1901
Brookline, Massachusetts
DiedOctober 27, 1995
Madison, Wisconsin
OccupationCollege professor of English
Years active1940s to 1970s
Notable workEvaluating Student Themes (1955); Guide for Good Writing (1951, with Edgar Lacy)

Ednah Shepard Thomas (June 14, 1901 – October 27, 1995) was an American college professor. She oversaw the freshman writing program at the University of Wisconsin from 1945 to 1969.