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This Charleston native lived and worked mostly during a time when Black and White children were not allowed to go to school together. In 1908, after teaching in Kanawha County schools, she started the teacher-training department at West Virginia Colored Institute, now West Virginia State University. After her husband died in 1925, she became superintendent of the State Industrial Home for Colored Girls. However, she refused to accept the job until state officials removed the bars from the home's windows. In 1935, she was named director of adult education for Kanawha County schools and later became dean of women at the National Trade and Professional School in Washington. At 89, she even served as the school's acting president.
