Complex sentence: In 1927, she received a master's degree in religious education from Columbia University, following which in 1929 she resigned her position with the YWCA in order to become Dean of Women at Fisk University.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1927, she received a master's degree in religious education from Columbia University. She resigned her YWCA position in 1929 to become Dean of Women at Fisk University.