Gildersleeve

Gildersleeve may refer to:

  • Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve (1831–1924), American classical scholar
  • Taylor Gildersleeve (born 1991), American actress
  • Virginia Gildersleeve (1877–1965), American academic, long-time Dean of Barnard College
  • Willard Gildersleeve, the head coach of New Hampshire's football team in 1909 and Massachusetts' team in 1910

Famous quotes containing the word gildersleeve:

    ...I still have faith occasionally in the brotherhood of man, and in spite of all the tragedies that have intervened since [1945], believe that sometime, somehow, all the nations of the world can work together for the common good.
    —Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve (1877–1965)

    If we could produce one or two more Madame Curies, that would accomplish far more for the advancement of women than any amount of agitation, argument and legislation.
    —Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve (1877–1965)

    ...at this stage in the advancement of women the best policy for them is not to talk much about the abstract principles of women’s rights but to do good work in any job they get, better work if possible than their male colleagues.
    —Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve (1877–1965)