Lucy Diggs Slowe
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Country: United States
Location: Washington, D.C.
About
Lucy Diggs Slowe (July 4, 1885-October 21, 1937) was an African-American lesbian scholar and educator. In 1908, she was one of the sixteen founders of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the first sorority founded by African-American women. In 1919, she became the first African-Americn woman to found and establish the first Black junior high school in Washington, D.C, where she was appointed principal of the school. In 1922, Slowe was the first woman to become Dean of Women at Howard University and the first African-American woman dean of any university.