Entries by Alex Haley Foundation
Lucy Smith
The first African American female to rent and operate a bakeshop at the Annapolis City Market House in the early 1800s.
Anne B. Vintes
The first graduate of the historic Bates High School in Annapolis, Maryland to return to the school as a teacher.
Flora B. Andrews
The first African American female to serve as Supervisor of Pupil Personnel for the segregated Anne Arundel County Public Schools in 1953.
Sylvia R. McMillan, Ph.D.
The first African American female Executive Director of the Anne County Community Action Agency, from 1968 to 1976.
Delores C. Hunt, Ed.D.
The first African American female to Serve on the Board of Education for the Anne Arundel County Public School System from 1970 to 1980.
Allyce Cathryn Johnson
The first African American female on the Anne Arundel Community College Board of Trustees, 1971-1978.
Constance Y. Brown
The first female President of the Anne Arundel County (MD) Chapter of the NAACP in 1972.
Marion Phelps
A native Annapolitan, in 1977, Marion Phelps became the first female president of the Board of Directors of the Community Enterprise Development Association, Inc. (CEDA).
Bertina L. Nick
The founding president of the Greater Clay Street Community Development Corp. in Annapolis, Maryland.