Lulu Johnson | |
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| Born | Lulu Merle Johnson September 14, 1907 Gravity, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | October 19, 1995 (aged 88)[1] Millsboro, Delaware, U.S. |
| Education | University of Iowa (BA, MA, PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, university administrator |
Lulu Merle Johnson (September 14, 1907 – October 19, 1995) was an American historian and university administrator. She was the second African-American woman to earn a PhD in history in the United States, and the first to do so in the state of Iowa.[2] P. G. Dagbovie has described Johnson as being part of the "first distinguishable coterie of formally trained black women historians" in the U.S.[3] Johnson County, Iowa, is named in honor of her, officially since September 2020.[4][5]
- ^ Social Security Death Index: Lulu M Johnson
- ^ Dagbovie, Pero Gaglo (2014). Carter G. Woodson in Washington,: The Father of Black History. Arcadia. p. 132. ISBN 9781625851642. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
- ^ Dagbovie, P.G. (2010). African American History Reconsidered. University of Illinois Press. pp. 104–05.
- ^ Hermiston, Lee (2020-09-23). "Johnson County Switches Its Namesake from Slave Owner to Black Scholar". The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).
- ^ Vigdor, Neil (2021-06-25). "An Iowa County Chooses to be Named for a Black Professor, Not a Slaveowner". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
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