Dean Meredith and the Advantages of Shorter Hemlines Date September 23, 1922 Fri, 09/22/1922 - 20:00 The September 23, 1922 Dickinsonian reported that Josephine Meredith, Dean of Women, was visiting family in Boston when a thief tried to snatch her purse from her while she was walking down the street. According to one Boston newspaper account: