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Became the first woman in the United States to head a metropolitan library system in 1918

Supervisor of music appreciation at Cleveland Public Schools for more than two decades

In 1924 Wicker opened the Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design

The first black woman principal in the Cleveland public school system, an educator, an actress, and an advocate for racial integration.

Distinguished pianist and teacher long associated with the Cleveland Institute of Music

Latin instructor and co-author of a Latin textbook

Ohio teacher, administrator and community activist, and the first African-American assistant high school principal in the Cleveland Public Schools

A long-time employee of Cleveland’s Recreation Department who worked “to help children to form good social patterns of behavior through recreation.”

Educator, the first African-American administrator in the Mount Pleasant area, and an advisor/director with the Phillis Wheatley Association

The first African-American woman elected to the Cleveland Board of Education