Florence M. Read was president of Spelman College from 1927-1953. Spelman College is a four-year liberal arts women's college located in Atlanta Georgia.
Read received her B. A. from Mount Holyoke College in 1909 and served as alumnae secretary. Mount Holyoke College is a liberal arts women's college in South Hadley, Massachusetts. She taught at Reed College and was also college secretary. Reed College is a private, independent Liberal arts college located in southeast Portland Oregon. Prior to joining Spelman, she was Executive Secretary of the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation.