A fascinating introduction to Alpha Kappa Alpha’s pioneering members - women who have been active, visionary barrier breakers, seizing every opportunity to make a difference throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This exhibit ensures that their empowering stories continue to inspire and are not left out of recorded history.
Love, Ruth Burnett (Holloway)
Listing Details
Region:
Central Region
Contribution:
First African American and the first female Superintendent of the Chicago, Illinois School System. (1981-1984). Prior to that appointment, she had been superintendent of the Oakland, California school district (1975 - 1981).