Faithful to the task at hand : the life of Lucy Diggs Slowe /

Miller, Carroll L.

Faithful to the task at hand : the life of Lucy Diggs Slowe / Carroll L.L. Miller and Anne S. Pruitt-Logan. - Albany : State University of New York Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (xvii, 448 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

The early years -- The college years: 1904-08 -- Public school teacher, principal, and tennis champion, 1908-1922 -- A call to alma mater and the Durkee years, 1922-1926 -- The dean of women and President Mordecai Wyatt Johnson: the early years, 1926-1930 -- The middle Johnson years, 1931 through 1934 -- Dean Slowe and President Johnson: the latter years, 1934-1937 -- Shared interests -- Views and philosophy -- A celebration of life -- The things one keeps -- Conclusion.



9781438442600


Slowe, Lucy Diggs, 1883-1937.


Howard University--History--20th century.


Educators--United States--Biography.
African American women educators--Biography.
Women deans (Education)--United States--Biography.


Electronic Books.

LA2317 / .F358 2012