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Ruby Garrard Woodson (June 22, 1931 – February 8, 2008) was an educator and chemistry teacher, the founder of the ''Cromwell Academy'' in Washington, D. C., and the founder of the ''Florida Academy of African American Culture'' in Sarasota, Florida. She was born in Houston County, Alabama, but raised in Sarasota. Her mother, Ella Mae Garrard (later, Singleton) worked as a maid and later owned a small country store. Her father, David Garrard, was a farmer, and later a circus roustabout. She had one child, William G. Woodson. At the age of fifteen, she was the valedictorian of her class of 1947 when she was graduated from Booker High School in Sarasota. In June 1951 Ruby was awarded her bachelor of science degree in chemistry from Florida A & M University in Tallahassee, Florida. She received her Master of Arts in Education from American University in Washington, D.C in 1960. The title of her Masters thesis was "Some Effects of the Atomic Era on the Teaching of High School Chemistry in the United States." == Breaking racial barrier at Sarasota library == In 1957, while she was on a vacation in her hometown of Sarasota and researching materials for completion of her master’s degree, Ruby Woodson was refused entry to the library in Sarasota. She made a formal objection to her treatment that she took to city and county government officials. Her efforts led to the elimination of racial barriers to community services paid for by the taxation of all residents. Soon the vestiges of segregation began to fall and all residents were granted access to the library.〔Memorial resolution Number 08R.2021, Sarasota, Florida city commission, adopted on March 3, 2008〕 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「Ruby G. Woodson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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