Hunter, Jane Edna, 1882-1971

Black and white portrait photograph of woman.

Jane Edna Hunter started the Working Girl's Home Association after moving to Cleveland, Ohio and seeing the lack of adequate housing and social protection for homeless black girls. This organization became known as the Phillis Wheatley Association. Hunter founded the Cleveland Women's Civic League. Years later she earned her law degree from Cleveland Marshall law school and received honorary doctorate degrees from Fisk University in Tennessee, Allen University in South Carolina and Central State University in Ohio.

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  • Title Hunter, Jane Edna, 1882-1971
  • Website Name South Carolina Encyclopedia
  • Publisher University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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  • Access Date November 26, 2024
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  • Date of Last Update May 31, 2022

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