7/5/1899 — #wmnhist Anna Arnold Hedgeman, #gov official, civil - TopicsExpress



          

7/5/1899 — #wmnhist Anna Arnold Hedgeman, #gov official, civil rights leader, educator, author, b. Marshalltown, IA. The first African American woman to hold a mayoral cabinet position in New York (1954). Executive secretary of the National Council for a Permanent Fair Employment Practices Commission (1944), assistant dean of women at Howard University (1946), executive director YWCA in Brooklyn, Harlem, New Jersey, Ohio, and Philadelphia. Honorary degrees from Howard and Hamline Universities.
Posted on: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 00:41:59 +0000

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