Amanda Wicker
In 1924 Wicker opened the Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design
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Hazel Mountain Walker
The first black woman principal in the Cleveland public school system, an educator, an actress, and an advocate for racial integration.
Vitya Vronsky Babin
Distinguished pianist and teacher long associated with the Cleveland Institute of Music
Helen Maria Chesnutt
Latin instructor and co-author of a Latin textbook
Myrtle Johnson Bell
Ohio teacher, administrator and community activist, and the first African-American assistant high school principal in the Cleveland Public Schools
Florence Bundy Fairfax
A long-time employee of Cleveland’s Recreation Department who worked “to help children to form good social patterns of behavior through recreation.”
Beatrice Wright Fox
Educator, the first African-American administrator in the Mount Pleasant area, and an advisor/director with the Phillis Wheatley Association
Mary Brown Martin
The first African-American woman elected to the Cleveland Board of Education
Eileen Jackson Southern
Today, both the American Musicological Society and the Society for American Music recognize African American music as worthy of scholarly study – thanks in large part to her work.
Dr Eva Jellett
Irish doctor