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Women’s History Month
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| Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. President Linda M. White (Courtesy Photo) |
In 1908, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority became America's first Greek-letter organization established by Black college women. Her roots date back to Howard University, Washington, D.C., where the idea for formation was conceived by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle of St. Louis, Missouri. She viewed the Sorority as an instrument for enriching the social and intellectual aspects of college life by providing mental stimulation through interaction with friends and associates. Through the years, however, Alpha Kappa Alpha's function has become more complex. After her incorporation as a perpetual body in 1913, Alpha Kappa Alpha gradually branched out and became the channel through which selected college-trained women improved the socioeconomic conditions in their city, state, nation, and the world.
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Johnnetta B. Cole, Ph.D. (1936-Present) has been many things in her long career: an anthropologist, a teacher, a college administrator, and even an author. But to most people, she will be remembered for her groundbreaking work at Spelman College, one of the oldest and most respected institutions of higher learning for Black women in the United States. She became Spelman's first female lack president in 1987 and during her ten-year administration she proved to be a dynamic administrator, an energetic fundraiser, and a source of inspiration to both faculty and the student body. Cole is currently serving as the 14th President of Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Mae Jemison was working as a general practitioner in Los Angeles, California when NASA selected her and 14 others for astronaut training. Dr. Jemison completed her training as a mission specialist with NASA in 1988. In September of 1992, as a mission specialist aboard the Shuttle Endeavour, Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman to enter space. In 1993, Dr. Jemison resigned from NASA and founded the Jemison Group, Inc. Among her current projects are several that focus on improving healthcare in Africa. Dr. Jemison is also a professor of environmental studies at Dartmouth College. |
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Rebecca Lee Crumpler challenged the prejudice that prevented African Americans from pursuing careers in medicine to become the first African American woman in the United States to earn an M.D. degree. Although little has survived to tell the story of Crumpler's life, she has secured her place in the historical record with her book of medical advice for women and children, published in 1883. In 1860, she was admitted to the New England Female Medical College. When she graduated in 1864, Crumpler was the first African American woman in the United States to earn an M.D. degree and the only African American woman to graduate from the New England Female Medical College. |
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