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Jane Ellen McAllister
A young light-skinned Black woman, hair dressed with a side part, wearing a print scarf and a dark top
Jane Ellen McAllister, from a 1928 publication
Born24 October 1899
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Died1996
OccupationEducator
Known forBeing the first African American woman in the United States to earn her doctorate in education

Jane Ellen McAllister (24 October 1899 – 1996) was an American educator. She was the first

PhD in Education in the United States, and the first African American female in the world to be a doctoral candidate in Education.[1][2][3]

Life and education

McAllister was born in

Jackson State College.[2][5] Jane was extremely smart in school, and as a second-grader she even helped to teach first graders.[2] Her school was ill-equipped, so her parents helped her learn the necessary language and math prerequisites for college by tutoring her at night using books her father borrowed. Jane graduated high school at age 15.[4] Jane enrolled in Talladega College in Alabama, and graduated with honors in 1919.[3] She went to the University of Michigan and earned her M.A. in 1921. In 1929, she earned her doctorate in Education from Columbia University, and was the first African American woman in the United States to earn her doctorate in education.[1][4][5] She had one sister and one brother.[5]

After her retirement in 1969, she lived in her home in Vicksburg, Mississippi, where she also cared for stray animals and for her sick neighbors.[6] She died in 1996.[1][2][4]

Career

McAllister began to teach in the summer of 1919 after receiving her A.B. degree from

Miner Teachers College in Washington, D.C., where she served as Professor of Education and Chairman of the Division.[1][5] In 1940 and 1941, she also was a curriculum consultant for Jackson College. This appointment was at the request of then-President of the college, Jacob L. Reddix.[5]

McAllister taught at

Fisk College, Virginia State University, Dillard University, and many more universities until her 1970 retirement.[1][4] She continued to mentor students after her retirement in 1969.[5][7]

Awards

McAllister was a Dean's Scholar at Columbia University in 1949. She was also an observer at the White House Conference on Education in 1955. In 1989, Jackson State University dedicated a women's hall of residence to McAllister and her colleague, Mary Whiteside.[3] McAllister also has a university lecture series named in her honor at Jackson State University.[1] In 2011, plans were entered for her home to become a museum in her honor.[6]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 9780313289316
    . Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-1604733907
    . Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d "Dr. Jane Ellen McAllister, First Back Woman To Earn Doctorate in Education in the U.S., Dies". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. March 11, 1996. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e Reed, Wilson Edward. "McAllister, Jane Ellen (1899-1996)". Blackpast.org. Blackpast.org. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Inventory of the Jane Ellen McAllister Papers". The Mississippi Digital Library. The Mississippi Digital Library. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  6. ^ a b Chanprsith, Manivanh. "City hopes to make McAllister's home into museum". Victoria Advocate. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  7. ISBN 978-1-60473-411-9
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