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Davis (KATHERINE BEMENT an American)

KATHERINE BEMENT, an American public official. She was born in Buffalo in 1860, and graduated from Vassar College in 1892 and later received the degree of Ph.D., from the University of Chicago. From 1892-1897 she was in Philadelphia in charge of the college settlement work. In 1901 she became superintendent of the Bedford Reformatory for DAVIS girls, a position which she retained for 12 years. During her work as a penologist she applied scientific laboratory work in endeavoring to arrive at a right method in reforming delinquent girls and women. In 1914 Mayor Mayor Mit Mitchel appointed her Commissioner of Correction, she being the first woman commissioner ever appointed in New York City. She resigned in 1915 and was appointed chairman of the Parole Board of New York City, 1918.