WASHINGTON – Eleanore Krage Stockum, 94, a retired English literature professor and author, died in retirement in Washington. She was born and schooled in Houston, Minnesota. She held degrees from the College of St. Teresa and Marquette University. In 1971 she co-authored a book,“Getting Started: A Preface to Writing,” which was published published by Norton. Earlier she was a high school teacher in Minnesota, an editorial assistant for the Catholic Renaissance Society at Marquette, and copy editor for the U.S. Savings and Loan League in Chicago. In 1954 in Germany she was chief of administration in the U.S. Army comptroller section in Nuremberg. She joined the University of Dayton in 1958 and retired in 1993. She championed many causes, including child welfare, animal welfare, civil rights, women’s rights, historic preservation, and the environment.
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