1. Maudelle Tanner Bousfield was an American educator.
10 Facts About Maudelle Bousfield
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Maudelle Bousfield's parents were Charles Hugh Brown and Arrena Isabella Tanner Brown, who were both educators.
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Maudelle Bousfield attended the Charles Kunkel Conservatory of Music in St Louis during her youth.
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Maudelle Bousfield graduated with honors in 1906, with degrees in astronomy and mathematics, becoming the first African-American woman graduate from the University of Illinois.
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Maudelle Bousfield played piano and taught mathematics before briefly resigning in 1914.
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Maudelle Bousfield returned to teaching in 1922, later taking the principal's exam in 1926.
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Maudelle Bousfield wrote a gardening column for the Chicago Defender newspaper.
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Maudelle Bousfield served as the sixth international president of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the historically black sorority.
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Maudelle Bousfield was a charter member of the National Association of Negro Musicians.
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Maudelle Bousfield died on October 14,1971, aged 86, in Chicago.