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This is a photograph of Mamie Luella Williams, 1894-1986, with her students in front of a school, possibly Topeka, Kansas. In 1965 she was appointed to the Kansas Commission on the Status of Women, served as a delegate to the 1971 White House Conference on Aging, and was active on the Senior Citizens Advisory Council for the Republican Party for Kansas, 1974-1976. She received the Washburn University Distinguished Service Award in 1973, and an honorary doctorate in mathematics from Washburn in 1982. Williams Science and Fine Arts Elementary Magnet School at 1301 S.E. Monroe, Topeka, Kansas, was named in honor of Ms. Williams.
Date: Between 1920 and 1929
Item Number: 208789
Call Number: B Williams, Mamie L *12
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 208789
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Education
Built Environment - Function - Education - School - Grammar School
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Teachers
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1920s
Education - Primary - Students
Education - Primary - Teachers
Education - Segregation and desegregation
Home and Family - Children
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - African Americans - Discrimination - Segregation
People - Notable Kansans - Williams, Mamie L., 1894-1986
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
Type of Material - Photographs - Views
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