Florence Matilda Read (1886 - 1973) was president of Spelman College from 1927-1953.[1] Prior to that she was acting president of Atlanta University from 1936-1937.[1]
Read received her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College in 1909 and served as alumnae secretary. She taught at Reed College and was also college secretary. Prior to joining Spelman, she was Executive Secretary of the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation.