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In 1920, she was one of the five founding members of Zeta Phi Beta, known as the "Five Pearls", along with her sister, Myrtle Tyler Faithful, [3] Arizona Cleaver Stemons, Pearl Anna Neal, and Fannie Pettie Watts.
The feature was introduced on March 8, 2018, for International Women's Day, when the Times published fifteen obituaries of such "overlooked" women, and has since become a weekly feature in the paper. The project was created by Amisha Padnani, the digital editor of the obituaries desk, [1] and Jessica Bennett, the paper's gender editor. In its ...
Don Pettie, 90, Canadian Olympic sprinter. [225] Tudor Postelnicu, 85, Romanian politician, police officer and criminal, head of the Securitate (1978–1987), Minister of Internal Affairs (1987–1989). [226] John F. Russo, 84, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate (1974–1992), President of the Senate (1986–1990), esophageal ...
Fannie is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Fannie Yarborough Bickett (1870-1941), American social worker and political hostess;
Arizona Cleaver Stemons (1898 – March 1980), born Arizona Leedonia Cleaver, was an American social worker.While she was a student at Howard University in 1920, she was one of the five founding members of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority, and its first president.
John Cliffe Watts (1786–1873), British military officer and colonial architect in New South Wales; John Watts de Peyster (1821–1907), author on the art of war, philanthropist, and early Adjutant General of the New York National Guard; John Watts de Peyster Jr. (1841–1873), Union Army officer during the American Civil War
Pearl Anna Neal was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, the daughter of Nora L. Neal (later Nora Caldwell). [1] She attended Lincoln Academy in King's Mountain.She graduated from Howard University's Conservatory of Music in 1922, and pursued further studies at the Juilliard School and the Chicago Institute of Music.
Fannie R. Givens (née Hicks; May 29, 1861 (sources vary re year and place of birth) – August 4, 1947) was an artist, missionary, and political activist. Mainly a resident of Louisville, Kentucky , she created and taught art in many forms including painting and poetry and served as a policewoman for the city.