Emma Clayton Barton was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 18,1941. Unfortunately, at the age of 14 her mother died leaving her father to raise her as a single parent. She attended West Philadelphia High School where she demonstrated superior mathematical skills. In 1959 her pastor, Rev. Leon H. Sullivan, a leader in the Philadelphia…
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT 2022 Dr. Caroline Still Anderson On November 1, 1848, a baby girl was born to Letitia and William Still. They named their baby girl, who would be the eldest of four, Caroline. Both parents were leaders in the American abolitionist movement. Mr. Still led the Philadelphia branch of the Underground Railroad,…
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT 2022 Dr. Jane Cooke Wright Dr. Jane Cooke Wright was born in 1919 in Manhattan New York to Corrine Cooke, aschool teacher and Louis Wright one of the first African American graduates from HarvardMedical School. Similar to her father, Dr. Wright attended medical school at New York MedicalCollege and did residencies…