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The Mary Jane Legacy Project is the first nationwide examination of Black women’s collegiate pathways. Funding provided by the Lumina Foundation for Education.
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We are excited to announce our upcoming policy brief webinar! Join us tomorrow as we collaborate with @TCFdotorg for our virtual event "Bridging Educational Achievement and Economic Equity for Black Women through Policy."
Featuring: @DeniseASmith74, @LoriPattonDavis, @DrVEvansWinters, @KaylaCElliott, and Dr. LaWanda Ward.
Register ↪️https://t.co/7ZPCbaU3RX
You don't want to miss this crucial conversation!
Happy Women's History Month! We look forward to celebrating us!
#MJLP #MaryJaneLegacyProject #BlackWomen #BlackWomenInEducation
1904 - Mary McLeod-Bethune set the standards for Black college education when founding the Daytona Education and Industrial Institute in Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune became an educator and social activist after graduating in 1894 from the Scotia Seminary in North Carolina.
She published The Work of the Afro-American Woman, which highlights the perspective of Black women during a time of great change in the U.S.
#OSU #MJLP #MaryJaneLegacy #BlackWomen #CollegeWomen #blackgirlexcellence #blackgirloncampus #win #blackmomsgraduate
1894 - Gertrude Emily Hicks Bustill Mossell was a prominent journalist who used her platform to advocate for the rights of African Americans with a particular focus on issues related to Black women.
1884 – Mary Church Terrell became one of the first Black women to graduate from Oberlin College in Ohio. She became a fierce activist once realizing she belonged, “to the only group in this country that has two such huge obstacles to surmount…both sex and race.”
1874 – Charlotta Amanda Spears Bass became the 1st Black woman to own & operate her newspaper company, The California Eagle. She advocated for topics such as civil rights, women’s rights, and immigration. Her newspaper became the largest African American paper on the West Coast.
1864 - At 17 years old, Cordelia Jennings Atwell founded her own school for African American students out of her home. With growing popularity, the school was incorporated into the Philadelphia Public School system and Atwell became the first Black principal in Philadelphia, PA.
Scott received her education in New Bedford, Massachusetts and used what she learned to advocate for minority students. #blackgirlsgraduate #gradszn #blackgirlmagic #hbcugrad #blackexcellence #blackgrad #collegegrad #blackgirlexcellence #blackgirloncampus #win #blackmomsgraduate
1854 - Elizabeth Thorn Scott paved the way for minority education in California. She founded the first school for non-white students after her son was turned away from public school because of his race. #OSU #MJLP #MaryJaneLegacy #BlackWomen #CollegeWomen
Join us for this history lesson as we remind the world what college-educated Black women have and will continue to contribute to the world!
#MJLP #MaryJaneLegacy #OSU #BlackGirlOnCampus #BlackWomen #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
The Mary Jane Legacy Project (MJLP) celebrates Black History Month with 170 years of Black women in education, showcasing their strides from 1854-2024. We uplift Black women whose collegiate pathways influenced trailblazing contributions in their respective fields.
The Mary Jane Legacy Project is on a mission to identify 30 legacies in 30 days in honor of the first Black women to receive a bachelors degree, Mary Jane Patterson! If you are interested, please learn more by visiting https://t.co/GtI2YXnPi0 and applying!
#MJLP #BlackWomen
From October 17-November 17, the MJLP team wants to identify 30 Black women to share their college narratives and their legacies. Please join us by sharing your story and helping us highlight, uplift, and center the collegiate experiences of Black women.
The Mary Jane Legacy Project (MJLP) aims to collect and amplify the narratives of Black women and their college experiences. #OSU #MJLP #MaryJaneLegacy #BlackWomen #CollegeWomen
Whether you are a first-generation college student, an adult learner, creating a brand, breaking generational curses, completed "some" college, justice involved or formulating an idea, your legacy begins now.
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