Howard University is a private,historically black,federally chartered research university in Washington,D.C.,United States. It is classified among "R2:Doctoral Universities –High research activity" and accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
Mary Terrell was an American civil rights activist,journalist,teacher and one of the first African-American women to earn a college degree. She taught in the Latin Department at the M Street School —the first African American public high school in the nation—in Washington,DC. In 1895,she was the first African-American woman in the United States to be appointed to the school board of a major city,serving in the District of Columbia until 1906. Terrell was a charter member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (1909) and the Colored Women's League of Washington (1892). She helped found the National Association of Colored Women (1896) and served as its first national president,and she was a founding member of the National Association of College Women (1923).
Muriel A. Howard is the former president of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) in Washington,D.C.,and served as the seventh president of Buffalo State College at the State University of New York (SUNY) system from 1996 to 2009. Prior to her presidency at Buffalo State College,she was the vice president for public services and urban affairs at the SUNY educational institution,the University at Buffalo,where she worked for 23 years. Howard was educated at public universities in New York State,as well as at Harvard University,where she graduated from the University's Institute of Management. Howard has been a leader and member of many corporate boards of directors;and councils and committees in higher education and city government. Further,she has been the recipient of many awards and honors throughout her career.
The Logan family are African Americans descended from Warren Logan and his wife Adella Hunt Logan. The family has become part of the educated,professional black elite in the United States.
Gadsden County High School,known as East Gadsden High School (EGHS) until 2016,was a public high school in unincorporated Gadsden County,Florida,operated by Gadsden County School District. It is between Havana and Quincy,and it has a "Havana,Florida" postal address. Starting in fall 2017 it is the zoned high school of all of Gadsden County. It closed in 2018 and was succeeded by Gadsden County High School with a student body 70 percent African American and about 25 percent Hispanic.
Fern Yvette Hunt is an African American mathematician known for her work in applied mathematics and mathematical biology. She currently works as a researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology,where she conducts research on the ergodic theory of dynamical systems.
Ruth Logan Roberts was a suffragist,activist,YWCA leader,and host of a salon in Harlem,New York City.
Adella Hunt Logan was an African-American writer,educator,administrator and suffragist. Born during the Civil War,she earned her teaching credentials at Atlanta University,an historically black college founded by the American Missionary Association. She became a teacher at the Tuskegee Institute and became an activist for education and suffrage for women of color. As part of her advocacy,she published articles in some of the most noted black periodicals of her time.
Florida Agriculture &Mechanical Hospital (1911-1971) was the first institution in Florida providing medical care to African Americans,who,during the segregation period,were not permitted to receive care at whites-only hospitals. There was no other such institution within 150 miles (240 km) of Tallahassee. In 1940,"less than a dozen" counties in Florida had hospital facilities for Negroes.
Martha "Mary" A. Harris Mason McCurdy was an African-American temperance advocate and suffragist. She had a career in journalism that included editing the newspaper "Women's World".
This timeline provides an overview of the political movement for women's suffrage in California. Women's suffrage became legal with the passage of Proposition 4 in 1911 yet not all women were enfranchised as a result of this legislation.
The women's suffrage movement began in California in the 19th century and was successful with the passage of Proposition 4 on October 10,1911. Many of the women and men involved in this movement remained politically active in the national suffrage movement with organizations such as the National American Women's Suffrage Association and the National Woman's Party.
Phyllis Terrell Langston was a suffragist and civil rights activist. She worked alongside her mother,Mary Church Terrell,in the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs and the White House pickets during demonstrations made by the National Woman's Party.
Adella Brown Bailey (1860–1937) was an American politician and suffragist.
Adella M. Parker was an American suffragist,politician,lawyer,journalist,and teacher who lived in Seattle,Washington. She was a state representative for District 37 in Washington from 1935 to 1937. In 1909,she was the president of the Washington College League.
Pauline J. Sims Puryear was an American social worker and clubwoman,the fourth international president of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority,and Dean of Women at Florida A&M State College.
Music was often used in the women's suffrage movement in the United States. Music played an instrumental role in the parades,rallies,and conventions that were held and attended by suffragists. The songs,written for the cause,unified women from varying geographic and socioeconomic positions because the empowering lyrics were set to widely known tunes. Singing was expected from women,whereas political speaking was discouraged,which meant the use of music provided women with an outlet to voice their political opinion. Music made a significant impact on women's rights efforts throughout the twentieth century. It also continues to be a medium to remember past suffrage efforts and promote feminism today.
Miriam DeCosta-Willis was an American educator,writer,and civil rights activist. The first African-American faculty member at Memphis State University,having previously been denied admission to the school as a graduate student due to her race,she spent her career as a professor of Romance languages and African-American studies at a variety of colleges in Memphis,Tennessee,and the Washington,D.C.,area. She published more than a dozen books throughout her career,largely dealing with Afro-Latino literature and Black Memphis history.
Adele Logan Alexander is an American academic and author who is a history professor at George Washington University. She is known for her work on family history,gender,and social issues in African American families.
Amy D. Kremenek is an American academic administrator serving as the fifth president of the Tompkins Cortland Community College.
