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Faithful to the task at hand : the life of Lucy Diggs Slowe / Carroll L.L. Miller and Anne S. Pruitt-Logan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, Carroll L., author.
- Pruitt-Logan, Anne S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women deans (Education)--United States--Biography.
- Women deans (Education).
- Educators--United States--Biography.
- Educators.
- African American women educators--Biography.
- African American women educators.
- Howard University--History--20th century.
- Howard University.
- Slowe, Lucy Diggs, 1883-1937.
- Slowe, Lucy Diggs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 448 p. ) ill. ;
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- Born just twenty years after the end of slavery and orphaned at the age of five, Lucy Diggs Slowe (1885–1937) became a seventeen-time tennis champion and the first African American woman to win a major sports title, a founder of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, and the first Dean of Women at Howard University. She provided leadership and service in a wide range of organizations concerned with improving the conditions of women, African Americans, and other disadvantaged groups and also participated in peace activism. Among her many accomplishments, she created the first junior high school for black students in Washington, DC.In this long overdue biography, Carroll L. L. Miller and Anne S. Pruitt-Logan tell the remarkable story of Slowe's steadfast determination working her way through college, earning respect as a teacher and dean, and standing up to Howard's President and Board of Trustees in insisting on equal treatment of women. Along the way, the authors weave together recurring themes in African American history: the impact of racism, the importance of education, the role of sports, and gender inequality.
- Contents:
- The early years
- The college years: 1904-08
- Public school teacher, principal, and tennis champion, 1908-1922
- A call to alma mater and the Durkee years, 1922-1926
- The dean of women and President Mordecai Wyatt Johnson: the early years, 1926-1930
- The middle Johnson years, 1931 through 1934
- Dean Slowe and President Johnson: the latter years, 1934-1937
- Shared interests
- Views and philosophy
- A celebration of life
- The things one keeps
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438442600
- 1438442602
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