Enolia Pettigen McMillan was an American educator, civil rights activist, and community leader and the first female national president of the NAACP.
13 Facts About Enolia McMillan
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Enolia McMillan Pettigen attended Frederick Douglass High School in Baltimore, Maryland and later Howard University in Washington, DC, with the help of a scholarship from Alpha Kappa Alpha.
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Enolia McMillan graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in education in 1926.
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Enolia McMillan received a master's degree in 1933 from Columbia University.
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Enolia McMillan found that the system provided unequal school terms, salary scales and curricula.
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Enolia McMillan became a teacher in 1927 in Caroline County, Maryland teaching at Denton High School.
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Enolia McMillan became president of the Maryland State Colored Teachers' Association and regional vice-president of the National Association of Colored Teachers.
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Enolia McMillan launched a fundraising drive to help defray expenses, and her efforts resulted in the Baltimore branch raising the largest local contribution of $150,000.
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The role at the time was largely ceremonial, but Enolia McMillan had considerable influence in the organization's policies and operations.
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Enolia McMillan was an outspoken critic of the Reagan Administration, which she felt harmed the NAACP's advocacy efforts in housing, education, employment and business.
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On December 26,1935, Enolia Pettigen married Betha D McMillan.
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Enolia McMillan died October 24,2006, in Stevenson, Maryland from heart failure just four days after celebrating her 102nd birthday.
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Enolia McMillan is buried at King Memorial Park in Baltimore.