by Colonial School District | Mar 22, 2021 | home 2, women's history
Henrietta Johnson made political history in Delaware by becoming the first Black woman elected to the Delaware General Assembly House of Representatives. She served four 2-year terms representing the people of the 3rd district in Wilmington. During her years in the...
by Colonial School District | Mar 18, 2021 | home 2, women's history
Annie Jump Cannon was born on December 11, 1863, in Dover, Delaware. She was interested in astronomy from a young age, as she and her mother referenced an old astronomy textbook to identify stars seen from their attic. She attended Wilmington Conference Academy, today...
by Colonial School District | Mar 17, 2021 | home 2, women's history
The Honorable Tamika R. Montgomery-Reeves is a lawyer and the first African American to serve as an Associate Justice on the Delaware Supreme Court. After graduating from the University of Mississippi at the top of her class in 2003, and the University of Georgia...
by Colonial School District | Mar 15, 2021 | home 2, women's history
Delaware’s First Female Governor Delaware’s first female governor was elected in 2000. She had secured the Democratic nomination after her long years in the General Assembly, as Lieutenant Governor and her demonstrated ability to run a campaign by her large statewide...
by Colonial School District | Mar 13, 2021 | home 2, women's history
Pauline Young was an African-American teacher, librarian, historian, lecturer, community activist, humanitarian in Delaware. She was a devoted lifelong member of her local and the national chapter of the NAACP. Born in Massachusetts, Young grew up near an underground...
by Colonial School District | Mar 12, 2021 | home 2, women's history
Velma P. Scantlebury, M.D, FACS , the associate director of the Kidney Transplant Program at Christiana Care, is the first African American female transplant surgeon. She accepted a position at Christiana Care after working at the University of South Alabama’s...
