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Marie Woolfolk Taylor (December 18, 1893 - October 21, 1960) was one of the sixteen founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, the first sorority founded by African-American women. The legacy she created in establishing the sorority has continued to generate social capital for nearly 100 years. Woolfolk did post-graduate study in the new field of social work and returned to Atlanta for her career. She worked as a social worker and probation officer, and chaired numerous civic groups, readily handling financial responsibilities. She was on the board of directors of a range of charities. Woolfolk considered herself mostly a social worker, but she also worked as an educator at night school. With her commitment to community service and strong leadership in activities in a segregated city, Woolfolk demonstrated how sororities could help women prepare "to create spheres of influence, authority and power within institutions that traditionally have allowed African Americans and women little formal authority and real power."〔Tamara L. Brown, Gregory Parks, and Clarenda M. Phillips, ''African American Fraternities and Sororities: The Legacy and the Vision''. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2005, p.342〕 ==Early life== Marie Woolfolk was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She attended Storrs School until graduation.〔 This was one of the classical academic schools established in Atlanta for freedmen by missionaries from New England after the Civil War.〔(First Congregational Church, Retrieved 2007-12-10 )〕 For one semester, Woolfolk attended Atlanta University to concentrate on higher level work. She entered Howard University's Preparatory School in 1901, from which she graduated in 1904.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Marie Woolfolk Taylor ) 〕 Woolfolk then felt prepared to tackle Howard University, the top historically black college in the nation. It was a time when only 1/3 of 1% of African Americans and 5% of whites of eligible age attended any college.〔James D. Anderson, ''The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860-1935''. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1988, p.245〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marie Woolfolk Taylor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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