Josephine Silone Yates
Personal Information
Born: 1859 or 1852
Died: 1912
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: Black
Education
Rhode Island State Normal School (now Rhode Island college) 1879; National University of Illinois MA 1903
Professional Life
Field of Study: Chemistry
Institution/Corporation: Lincoln University Jefferson City MO
Degrees & Memberships: Member: Kansas City Colored Women's League*National Association of Colored Women
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 1902, named 1 of 100 of Americas Greatest Negroes
Achievements: 1st Black woman to head a college science dept (at Lincoln Institute 1886); sometimes contributed journal articles under the name Mrs. R.K. Potter; was instrumental in establishing women's clubs for African-American women; 1st Black certified to teach in Rhode Island schools; wrote poetry; 1st Black woman to hold a full professorship at any American college or university; advocated for daycare, kindergartens, & a higher educational curriculum that included industrial education & liberal arts
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