Her undergraduate studies were at Kentucky State College, Frankfort, Kentucky, after which she attended an intensive study program, sponsored by the Council for Legal Educational Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, and matriculated for her Jurist Doctorate degree at Howard University School of Law, Washington, D.C. From 1990 to 1994, Dr. Glover served as the Chairperson of the Department of Accounting and as an Assistant Professor at the Howard University School of Business. On the national level, Ellison works as a consultant for the Federal Government in a broad spectrum of training in the organization, administration and management of super-grade employees. In 1984, daughter Gaye in introducing her mother said: Throughout her career as educator, administrator, community activist, missionary supervisor and mother extraordinaire, Dr. Adams has always committed herself to doing and being her best. Since 1971, President Sutherland has increasingly devoted her time and efforts to various leadership roles with The Links. Edmonds attended the International Womens Year Conference in Mexico City in July 1975 as a representative from The Links, Incorporated. In addition to her official duties, she participated regularly in White House briefings and conferences and served on Congressional and Cabinet-level task forces. She defended the Affordable Care Act in court, enforced environmental law, and was a national leader in the movement for marriage equality. Maloney received more than a hundred honors and awards from national, regional, state and local organizations. Kelli is an Emmy Award-winning creative visionary and entrepreneurial business leader with over 30 years of leadership experience in brand-building. The Florida lawmaker also created Wear Something Red Wednesdays, a weekly photo opportunity and press event with congressional leaders and lawmakers. Dr. E. Earl McCloud, Jr., and moved to San Antonio, Texas where her husband was serving in the United States Army. National President of Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated. Additionally, she introduced several bills including the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act, H.R. Dolly Adams 9. In her role, she also serves as Chair & CEO of the KeyBank Foundation, guiding the companys strategic philanthropic investments, in education, neighborhood prosperity, workforce development and community service. She was the first Black woman to receive a Ph.D. in history at Ohio State University. In addition to awards and commendations in her profession and recognition for her unparalleled contributions to The Links, Wright served as first national president of Jack and Jill. She is a Life Master of the American Contract Bridge League and American Bridge Association, and is a published author. Rep. Demings is a lifelong public servant who broke numerous glass ceilings in her rise through the Orlando Police Department and her election to Congress. She has also received honorary degrees from Wilberforce University in Ohio and Livingston College in North Carolina. Sutherland sees the vista of todays environment as bringing new challenges for the volunteer committed to improving the quality of life for all humanity. She served as national president of The Links, Incorporated and The Links Foundation, Incorporated and is the immediate past chair of the board of directors of Imani Community Church. As Senator, Vice President Harris championed legislation to reform cash bail, combat hunger, provide rent relief, improve maternal health care, and address the climate crisis as a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877) Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site (White Haven), Missouri (National Park Service) General Grant National Memorial, New York (National Park Service) Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881) Spiegel Grove (Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center), Ohio. Scholarship is a principle that Valerie holds in high regard having graduated from York Institute as the class valedictorian at the age of fourteen, and being accepted into ten of the nations top universities. As a wife, committed church woman, especially to the Womens Missionary Society and the young people of the African Methodist Episcopal Church; entrepreneur; life member of the NAACP; life member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; member, International Womens Forum (IWF) and civic volunteer; she resides in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband. Purnells hobbies were reading, traveling, and music. Barbara Dixon Simpkins 13. By doing so, the needs of people were met. Her parents, Elouise, a maid, and James, a janitor, instilled in their children a deep respect for hard work, decency, and responsibility. Master Innovator,Smart Business NetworkMagazine She was national director of this program area from 1962 to 1967 and again from 1969 to 1970, before the national and international facets were separated. She holds a BA in English and Philosophy from Spelman College, a Masters in Public Administration from Troy University, and a Juris Doctor from Vermont Law School. She continues in that position. When she retired in 1984 as professor of education at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Purnells distinguished career included teaching positions at Avery Institute in Charleston, South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, and Morris College in Sumter, South Carolina. Diversity and Inclusion Award, Murtis Taylor Human Services System Her husband became a successful developer of apartment houses and nursing homes in the greater Seattle area, and Link Sutherland became a Nursing Home Administrator. Until his retirement, her husband, Emmanuel Crogman Wright, was president of the historic Philadelphia banking institution founded by his father, Major R. R. Wright, Sr., an ex-slave and financial genius. The membership consists of more than 16,000 professional women of African descent in 292 chapters located in 41 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, and the United Kingdom. In 2014, she married Douglas Emhoff. She has been awarded nine honorary degrees and innumerable honors. Rep. Demings shared a two-room home in Jacksonville, Florida with her six older siblings. In her published work, speeches, and community service, she often speaks to issues of racial, gender, and other systems of inequality. Sarah Strickland Scott 2. She attended Haines School, Tuskegee Institute, and Hampton Institute. She has traveled abroad to Africa where she has assessed methods of supporting the delivery of safe and effective health care to women. President Frazier has also served as a Preceptor at the College of Pharmacy of the University of Florida, and as a Clinical Field Instructor at the Florida A. and M. University College of Pharmacy in Tallahassee, Florida. Barbara Simpkins was a grandmother and proud mother of two sons Monti Lemans Simpkins and Lubara Dixon Simpkins. She also created BETs Emmy Award-winning HIV/AIDS program Rap-It-Up and the BET Foundation, a 501(c)3 focused on health-related issues in the African American community. As an elected officer of the House of Representatives, the Sergeant at Arms is the chief law enforcement and protocol officer of the House of Representatives and is responsible for maintaining order in the House side of the United States Capitol complex. She didnt go straight to college after graduation which was a grave disappointment to her mother, but did eventually get there after getting married, having four children and getting divorced. Among the boards on which Dr. Glover has served are Pinnacle Financial Partners, First Guaranty Bancshares, The Lenox Group, and Citigroup-Student Loan Corporation. In addition to her experience leading the Greater Cleveland Roundtable and Leadership Cleveland, Link Copelands public service is marked by her appointment to Vice Chairperson of the Cleveland Bicentennial Commission and subsequently the Cleveland Millennium Commission by former Cleveland Mayor Michael R. White, whose second term Inaugural Committee she chaired. Esteemed Alumni, The Ohio State University/100 Years of African American Achievement from Baylor University in Waco, Texas and has continued post-doctoral study at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois and the University of Washington in Seattle. Her life was a series of firstsshe was the first Black woman appointed to the Lynchburg School Board in 1971; she was the first Black elected president-of the Southern Regional School Boards Association in 1974; and she became the first woman rector of the Board of Visitors at Norfolk State University in 1976. In addition to her volunteer services, Ellison was the first Black woman to become a member of the Board of Directors of Central Fidelity Banks, Inc. Central Fidelity is ranked by U.S. Banker as seventh among the nations largest banking companies on overall performance. President Adams and her husband Bishop John Adams, are the parents of three successful and talented daughters: Gaye Adams-Massey, Esquire, Dr. Jann H. Adams and Madelyn R. Adams. Dr. Lee has a 4o plus year record of active participation in The Links, Incorporated. and a Ph.D. in anthropology with a specialization in African Studies from Northwestern University. She has also held leadership roles in a number of professional organizations, including the Association of Art Museums Directors where she served as the president and she co-led the American Alliance Museums Working Group on diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion. Dr. Glover was initiated into the Alpha Psi Chapter at Tennessee State University in November 1971. She then served as a managing attorney in the San Francisco District Attorneys Office and later was chief of the Division on Children and Families for the San Francisco City Attorneys Office. This project was developed as part of the continuing effort of The Links, and other organizations of concerned women, to respond to the need for prevention and treatment of delinquency among female juveniles. She graduated from Washington High School in Pensacola and enrolled at Fisk University at age 15. While AARP has long been recognized for its services, information and advocacy on behalf of people age 50 and over, Jenkins led efforts to redefine AARPs vision, challenge outdated beliefs and spark new insights that allow people to adapt to the new realities of aging with relevant solutions to everyday issues such as health, financial resilience, digital and social connectivity, work opportunities and personal fulfillment. President Ellison has said that she envisions Links members as a human resource bank for the nation a source for leaders who will serve their communities and combine their talents and assets to influence decision and policy makers of this country. With a keen awareness of the need for the African-American community to develop an appreciation and involvement in the more traditionally classical art forms, she was a leader in developing an African-American awareness program for the Seattle Opera. Dr. Newell-Harris has exemplified her exceptional talent to engage audiences in discourses about tough and complicated medical and health topics. She received untiring help, support, and encouragement from her husband, Dr. Oscar Ellison, Jr.; and, her children, Oscar III, then a student at Harvard University; Paula Michelle, a student at Duke University at the time; and Karla, who was a student at the Madeira School. Kelli is founder and CEO of JOY Collective, a Black and woman-owned marketing and creative agency committed to delivering purpose-driven work that positive impacts our community. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee earned a B.A. Soon after graduating from Howard University, Frazier married. She was also able to give her personal attention to every aspect of this task centralizing functions, developing staffing and procedures for centralized systems, and furnishing and equipping the office itself. A longtime advocate and champion to end human trafficking, during the 114th Congress, Congresswoman Beattys bipartisan legislation to combat child sex trafficking unanimously passed the House of Representatives in 2015 and was signed into law as part of a larger measure, theJustice for Victims of Trafficking Act, by President Obama. President Frazier represented the organization in the NAACP Silent March on Washington. Helen Grey Edmonds 6. Hospital in Dallas. Dr. Glover also has authored more than 100 articles and papers, and she is regarded as one of the nations foremost experts on corporate governance. Among other groups in which she holds membership and/or office are the Carats, Inc., Zonta International, Leadership Miami, Just Us, Jack and Jill of America and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Dr. Cole has a long history of community service. She is also a member of her chapters Presidents Advisory Board, an advisory group consisting of past chapter presidents created to provide ongoing guidance to the chapter. She was the bridge that carried The Links from youth to maturity. Dr. Glover possesses a vast amount of experience as a fundraiser, leading numerous successful multi-million dollar efforts at Tennessee State University, Jackson State University, Howard University, as well as local and national political campaigns. When Maloney was elected in 1957, her aim was to develop for The Links, a national program in which every chapter would be involved and would serve needs no other organization was addressing. In The Links Souvenir Journal celebrating the 25th anniversary of the organization, editor Will Florence Robbins Hudgins had saluted Maloney for her excellent leadership, which had brought the group to the climax of its first decade. Under her wise and dynamic leadership, Educating for Democracy was adopted as the theme for the national program and the pledge to search for talented and/or gifted youth was implemented as an extension of the organizations Services for Youth project. Beamon herself served as the second president of the Womens Auxiliary of the National Dental Association. Beamon was recognized as the role model and inspiration for at least eight Cincinnati school principals. Hudgins further recalled that during her administration Maloney had widened the scope of the organizations concerns to include the international scene by directing attention to the problems of the emerging African nations. So, on June 9, 1984, under the guidance of Lulu Robinson, Rebecca Edmonds, and most notably, the late Dr. Helen G. Edmonds, Past National President of The Links, Incorporated, these 26 women from Orange, Wake and Durham Counties were chartered as the Triangle Park Chapter, The Links, Incorporated. President Frazier led The Links to make the historic pledge of one million dollars to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDEF). Her vibrant and unfaltering dedication to friendship and service was adored members around the country. Senator Kerry described Congresswoman Pressley as a force who believed in public service.. Dr. Helen Grey Edmonds died in Durham, North Carolina on May 9, 1995. A devoted student, Congresswoman Pressley was supported by her teachers, faculty, and peers and was elected class president every year from 7th grade through senior year of high school. Du Bois, 1918. In 2015, she earned the EMILYs List Rising Star Award and was named one of Boston Magazines 50 Most Powerful People. Johnnetta Betsch Cole, is an accomplished educator and museum professional; noted speaker and author on issues of diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion; and a committed advocate for social justice. Married to Dr. Nolan N. Atkinson, staff associate at Bryn Mawr Hospital and NAACP leader, she listed her hobby or interest as my family and my home. Atkinson is the mother of two children, Carolyn A. Thomas, vice president of a consulting firm, and Nolan, Jr., an attorney. She was married to Dr. Horace C. Scott and was the mother of one daughter, Marjorie Ann Scott Upshur, who pre-deceased her. She was also a member of the Baton Rouge YWCA, Women in Politics, the League of Women Voters, and the Blundon Home for Orphans, the local Girl Scouts Executive Board, and the Steering Committee on the Status of Women in Louisiana. She began her career as a music teacher and vocal music educator in Pensacola, at Washington High, where she was Teacher of the Year she wrote the school song and the pep song. W.E.B. Her alma mater, Bowling Green State University, named her to the 2018 Class of the Academy of Distinguished Alumni and she was honored by the St. Louis Urban League/Urban League Guild with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017. Campbell collaborated with the USSS and the Netherlands Forensic Institute and brokered an international agreement to enhance forensic investigative capabilities. In May 2015, Congresswoman Wilson was appointed to the advisory council of President Barack Obamas My Brothers Keeper Alliance, a public acknowledgement of the life-changing results for boys and young men of color that she has achieved through the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project. Edmonds was born in Lawrenceville, Virginia and attended public school there. The Links, Incorporated, 30th National Assembly, July 1996: Celebrating 50 Years, 1946-1996 Page: 3 This book is part of the collection entitled: Texas Cultures Online and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the University of Texas at San Antonio . At this meeting, she was elected the first national president and continued in that office until 1953. She became journalist of her chapter the same year and was elected chapter secretary in 1974. The Sergeant at Arms reviews and implements all issues relating to the safety and security of Members of Congress and the Capitol complex. On November 9, 1946, the Links organization gathered for their first National Assembly, with delegates present from chapters that had been established in Atlantic City, New Jersey; Baltimore Maryland; Central New Jersey; Petersburg, Virginia; Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Raleigh, North Carolina; St. Louis, Missouri; Wilmington, Margaret Pauline Fletcher Weeden Maloney, always called Polly, was born and grew up in Annapolis, Maryland, the daughter of William and Eliza Fletcher. Throughout her education, she was captured by the opportunity and challenge of learning. At The Links 1949 Assembly, she was chosen as national historian. The Constitution and Bylaws, and rituals were circulated in their revised formats, and a membership directorythe most comprehensive and detailed ever published by The Links, or any similar groupwas completed and distributed to each Links member. Georgia, convened (by Past National President Dolly Adams) to develop strategies to support the 1990 Civil Rights Restoration legislation. In her profession as well as in her avocational activities, Scott projected a deep and abiding concern for the well being of young people who needed some direction in their life choices. For six successive summers, 19681974, she traveled to Oregon to serve at Portland State University. During this conversation, our past national presidents will share their valued insight, personal stories on friendship and service, and how they upheld the legacy our co-founders set course to in 1946 during their respective administrations. In 2009, she launched a historic at-large campaign for Boston City Council and won, becoming the first woman of color elected to the Council in its 100-year history. She also served on the board of trustees of Westchester State College. If Not Now, When? recorded in the Congressional Record of the United States (H366l), May l4, 1980; awarded more than 300 keys to American cities; participant in the Friendship Force, a good will tour of Mexico during the Carter Administration; participant in the American-Jewish Committee sponsorship of ten American women of national acclaim on a human relations trip to Israel; featured in theBlack Enterprise Magazineas being one of the Top Five Business Motivators in America;ESSENCEMagazine,EBONYMagazine, andAtlanta Good Life. Cleveland Woman of Influence,Crains Cleveland Business In that role, Vice President Harris created a ground-breaking program to provide first-time drug offenders with the opportunity to earn a high school degree and find employment. A community-mobilization movement, National CARES is the only organization dedicated to providing mentoring, healing and wellness services on a national scale for Black children. Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson proudly represents Floridas 24th Congressional District. Edmonds served as a visiting professor or visiting scholar at eight different colleges and universities. The theme, Dynamic Dimensions, used at the 1964 Assembly over which Beamon presided, might very well characterize her administration. Esi currently leads the $5B Beauty & Personal Care portfolio for Unilever North America which includes responsibility for the Hair, Skin Cleansing, Skin Care and Deodorant businesses with iconic brands like Dove, TRESemm, Suave, Vaseline, Degree, Axe, and Shea Moisture as well as newer brands like Schmidts Naturals and Love Beauty and Planet. She established the states first Bureau of Childrens Justice and instituted several first-of-their-kind reforms that ensured greater transparency and accountability in the criminal justice system. Among her many distinguished awards and honors are: American Banker Magazine, Community Impact Award In a March 1991, a feature article in theLouisiana Woman, the writer (Judy Pennington) noted that the Center was in essence a microcosm of Purnells lifelong work, manifested in a small community that helps the larger (community) make sense of itself.. degree from Howard University and the M.A. 2 answers QUESTION Using complete sentences, describe how the constitutional convention worked to create the Oklahoma Constitution. Vice President Harris was born in Oakland, California to parents who emigrated from India and Jamaica. To the care of family, church responsibility and full-time employment, Adams added community service and organizational involvement. On the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, she worked with members of both parties to keep the American people safe from foreign threats and crafted bipartisan legislation to assist in securing American elections. As Attorney General, Vice President Harris won a $20 billion settlement for Californians whose homes had been foreclosed on, as well as a $1.1 billion settlement for students and veterans who were taken advantage of by a for-profit education company. She is the recipient of numerous awards and has received 69 honorary degrees. A lifelong activist who has worked to ensure people across the globe, from South Africa to those who struggled in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Susan Taylor says that securing our vulnerable children is her highest calling and the big business of our nation and Black America today. Congresswoman Johnson began her career as the first female African-American Chief Psychiatric Nurse at the V.A. It is one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse districts in the nation and includes parts of northwest Miami-Dade and southern Broward counties. As well, she has mentored 145 professionals who have taken their place on the global stage in their chosen fields of endeavor. Wright has one daughter and one granddaughter. Before the end of her first term, Ellison was able to report completion of steps in this task as outlined by the transition committee chaired by Dorothy Harrison of Chicago. Throughout her career, Dr. Cole has addressed issues concerning Africa and the diaspora. Now known as the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project, the program has flourished and earned much-deserved national acclaim. Among her traits are creativity, faith, intelligence, concern, determination, thoughtfulness, self-confidence self-direction, generosity, patience, vibrancy and style. Margaret Roselle Hawkins 3. Besides serving as a Subcommittee Vice-Chair, Congresswoman Demings leadership positions include serving as Assistant and Regional Whip for the House Democratic Caucus, Co-Chair of Candidate Recruitment for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and Vice Chair of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. That same year, Congresswoman Beatty introduced legislation that made the tax deduction for out-of-pocket expenses paid by elementary and secondary teachers for supplies and expenses permanent. The chartering ceremony was held at the home of Mrs. Albert L. Turner (Dessa), who also served as its first president. Since joining the organization in 2010 and heading it since 2014, she has transformed AARP into a leader in social change, dedicated to empowering people to choose how they live and age. Hawkins was elected second national president of The Links at the fifth Assembly in Buffalo in 1953. 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