Jenijoy La Belle

Jenijoy La Belle (November 5, 1943 – January 28, 2025) was an American professor emeritus of English literature at California Institute of Technology. Hired in 1969, she became the first female untenured professor in Caltech history. She is known for her fight to attain tenure in the early '70s, also at Caltech. She was granted tenure in 1979. She retired in 2007. Provided by Wikipedia