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.”
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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
Mary Hata Sadataki
A teacher at a Japanese-American WWII relocation camp, a founding member in 1965 of the Cleveland Japanese-American Foundation, and helped develop the Cleveland Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League.
Dr A Grace Lee Mims
Educator, a musician, and an advocate for African-American culture.
Theresa Secord
A passionate advocate for preserving the ash and sweetgrass basketmaking heritage of the Wabanaki tribes of Maine (Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot tribes), Theresa Secord is a master basketmaker, still using the basket molds that she inherited from her great-grandmother to shape her art.
Almeda C Adams
ADAMS, ALMEDA C. (February 26, 1865-September 8, 1949) overcame sightlessness to help found the Cleveland Music School Settlement and achieved a long career as a teacher, author, and lecturer.
Mary Xavier Mehegan
Mother Mary Xavier Mehegan (1825-1915) emigrated from Ireland to New York in 1842. She made her profession of vows in 1847 as Sister Mary Xavier and spent the next twelve years as a Sister of Charity in New York.