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After one year of college, Brown was hired to work at the Bethany Institute, a rural school for African American children, in Sedalia, North Carolina. Brown arrived at the school, run by the American Missionary Association, in 1901 to find it severely lacking in resources.

Image of Charlotte Hawkins Brown from At Calm Sedalia

When the American Missionary Association decided to close the school a year later, Brown decided to create a school on her own. Coming from humble beginnings in a small blacksmith's cabin, Brown continued raising money, eventually obtaining 200 acres and constructing two new buildings for her campus. The school, named the Palmer Memorial Institute in honor of Alice Freeman Palmer, opened on October 10, 1902, and was a day and boarding school for African Americans. Brown worked tirelessly to create a safe haven for African American youth, she established the Palmer Memorial Institute's board of trustees entirely of African Americans. Brown's institute served as one of the only schools in North Carolina to offer college preparatory programs.

By the 1920s, the Palmer Memorial Institute was an established and successful boarding school attracting students from around the country, many of whom went on to become educators. Brown attracted national attention for her efforts, lecturing frequently at colleges around the country and receiving several honorary degrees. In 1941 she published The Correct Thing To Do--To Say--To Wear, committing many of her educational philosophies and maxims in print. She continued to run the school until her retirement in 1952.

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Uta Thyra Hagen was a German-American actress and theatre practitioner. She originated the role of Martha in the 1962 Broadway premiere of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee, who called her "a profoundly truthful actress."

Anna Leonowens First published in 1870, Leonowens' memoir is the true story of a proper English governess who is hired by the King of Siam to tutor his many children. A delightful portrait of an unlikely friendship between two headstrong personalities, it is also a revealing peak at two very different cultures.

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Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori was an Italian physician and educator best known for her philosophy of education and her writing on scientific pedagogy. At an early age, Montessori enrolled in classes at an all-boys technical school, with hopes of becoming an engineer.

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Lucy Diggs Slowe was an American educator and athlete, and the first Black woman to serve as Dean of Women at any American university. She was a founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, the first sorority founded by African-American women.

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Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, was known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral, was a Chilean poet-diplomat, educator, and Catholic. She was a member of the Secular Franciscan Order or Third Franciscan order.

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Thorpe was born in Jamaica and raised by her grandmother. After moving to the US, she and her identical twin sister, Treisha Thorpe, were awarded track and field scholarships to study in the US. Her pre-law and English studies at Howard University led to her graduation in 2003.

Thorpe started teaching in 2006. She joined the International High School at Langley Park, Maryland, as an English teacher in 2018, where she was also assigned with revising the English curriculum for the 12th grade. Besides teaching, she also founded, along with her sister, the non-profit organization U.S. Elite International Track and Field.

In 2021, she was chosen from the list of 50 finalists for the Varkey Foundation's yearly $1 million Global Teacher Prize. She is the second American to win the prize.

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Catherine Katy Ferguson was an African American philanthropist and educator who founded the first sunday school in New York

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Savitribai Phule was one of the first female teachers in India, a social reformer, and poet. in Maharashtra, she played a vital role in improving women's rights in India. She is considered to be the pioneer of India's feminist movement.

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Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and as the first lady of the U.S. to president Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001.

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was an American teacher and astronaut from Concord, New Hampshire who died on the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where she was serving as a payload specialist. claim to international fame is not just because she was an American teacher after whom schools and scholarships. Barbara was selected as runner up to Christa McAuliffe for NASA's Teacher in Space Program in 1985. After the tragedy of the Challenger, Barbara initially.

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Essie Mae Williams (Butler; October 12, 1925 – February 4, 2013) was an American teacher and author. She is best known as the eldest child of Strom Thurmond, Governor of South Carolina (1947–1951) and longtime United States senator, known for his pro-segregation politics.[1] Of mixed race, she was born to Carrie Butler, a 16-year-old African-American girl who worked as a domestic servant for Thurmond's parents, and Thurmond, then 22 and unmarried. Williams grew up in the family of one of her mother's sisters, not learning of her biological parents until 1938 when her mother came for a visit and informed Essie Mae she was her mother.[2]: 13  She graduated from college, earned a master's degree, married, raised a family, and had a 30-year professional career in education.

Essie Mae Williams did not reveal her father's identity until she was almost 78 years old, after Thurmond's death at the age of 100 in 2003. Though he had little to do with her upbringing, he had paid for her college education and took an interest in her and her family all his life. In 2005, she published her autobiography, Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond, which was nominated for the National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize.

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Gloria Jean Ladson-Billings FBA is an American pedagogical theorist and teacher educator known for her work in the fields of culturally relevant pedagogy and critical race theory, and the pernicious effects of systemic racism and economic inequality on educational opportunities

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Gloria Jean Ladson-Billings FBA is an American pedagogical theorist and teacher educator known for her work in the fields of culturally relevant pedagogy and critical race theory, and the pernicious effects of systemic racism and economic inequality on educational opportunities

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was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and her hearing after a bout of illness when she was 19 months old.both blind and deaf, became one of the 20th century's leading humanitarians. She was an American author, She was the first person with deaf blindness to earn a college degree. She was great friends with Mark Twain. She worked on the vaudeville circuit.She was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 1953.

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Fanny Jackson Coppin was an American educator, missionary and lifelong advocate for female higher education. One of the first Black alumnae of Oberlin College, she served as principal of the Institute for Colored Youth in Philadelphia and became the first African American school superintendent in the United States.

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Fanny Jackson Coppin was an American educator, missionary and lifelong advocate for female higher education. One of the first Black alumnae of Oberlin College, she served as principal of the Institute for Colored Youth in Philadelphia and became the first African American school superintendent in the United States.

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Graça Machel is a member of the Africa Progress Panel (APP), a group of ten distinguished individuals who advocate at the highest levels for equitable and sustainable development in Africa. As a panel member she facilitates coalition building to leverage and broker knowledge, and convenes decision-makers to influence policy for lasting change in Africa.Graça Machel, activist and philanthropist. Through her philanthropy and advocacy at the Graça Machel Trust, Ms. Machel has been a lifelong champion of girls . She was Born: 1945 (age 78 years).

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Helen Adams Keller was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and her hearing after a bout of illness when she was 19 months old.

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Michelle Obama “I want our young people to know that they matter, that they belong. So don't be afraid—you hear me, young people? Don't be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered. Empower yourselves with a good education, then get out there and use that education to build a country worthy of your boundless promise. Lead by example with hope, never fear.” Michelle Obama - First Lady of the U.S.

First Lady Michelle Obama, J.D., grew up on the south side of Chicago. Her father was a pump operator fighting multiple sclerosis who worked hard to save money for her to go to college. Her mother was a stay-at-home parent taking care of her and her older brother Craig.

Because of her parents’ support, Michelle went on to earn a bachelor’s degree at Princeton University and her J.D. from Harvard Law School. She met President Barack Obama in 1988 when she returned to Chicago to join the firm of Sidley Austin. They married in 1992.

In 1996, Michelle joined the University of Chicago as an associate dean of student services. There she developed the university’s first community service program. Later in 2002, she went to work for the university’s medical center. In 2005, she became the vice president of community and external affairs.

As the First Lady of the United States, Michelle worked to improve various areas of the education sector, ranging from advocating for more school counselors to leading the initiative for better school lunches.

In 2008, as the first black first lady, Michelle set out to improve America’s youth. She started her “Let’s Move!” program in an effort to fight child obesity. In other words, she worked with a team of educators, parents, and elected officials to bring healthy and affordable food to underprivileged communities and provide better spaces to encourage students to be more active.

During President Obama’s second term, Michelle worked with the Reach Higher Initiative to help students find job opportunities, education, and life skills needed to achieve their goals. She encouraged young people to continue their education after high school.

In 2021, Michelle announced that she is “moving towards retirement.” She still gives back through her work with the Obama Foundation. The Obamas created this non-profit to further various missions, including better educational opportunities for women and people of color.

Quote Source: Final Speech as First Lady of the United States

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Sharon Christa McAuliffe was an American teacher and astronaut from Concord, New Hampshire who died on the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where she was serving as a payload specialist.

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Eva Sarah Moskowitz is an American historian, politician, and education reform leader who is the founder and CEO of the Success Academy Charter Schools. A member of the Democratic Party, Moskowitz served on the New York City Council, representing the 4th district on the Upper East Side, from 1999 to 2005.

Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori was an Italian physician and educator best known for her philosophy of education and her writing on scientific pedagogy. At an early age, Montessori enrolled in classes at an all-boys technical school, with hopes of becoming an engineer.Maria Montessori, founder of the Progressive Montessori School System (1870 – 1952).

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Ammila a heart known for first women crashing a airplane 

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Ammila a heart known for first women crashing a airplane 

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She never reached her fortieth birthday, but in her brief life, Amelia Earhart became a record-breaking female aviator whose international fame improved public acceptance of aviation and paved the way for other women in commercial flight.

Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas to Amy Otis Earhart and Edwin Stanton Earhart, followed in 1899 by her sister Muriel. The family moved from Kansas to Iowa to Minnesota to Illinois, where Earhart graduated from high school. During World War I, she left college to work at a Canadian military hospital, where she met aviators and became intrigued with flying.

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Gloria Jean Ladson-Billings FBA is an American pedagogical theorist and teacher educator known for her work in the fields of culturally relevant pedagogy and critical race theory, and the pernicious effects of systemic racism and economic inequality on educational opportunities

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Gloria Jean Ladson-Billings FBA is an American pedagogical theorist and teacher educator known for her work in the fields of culturally relevant pedagogy and critical race theory, and the pernicious effects of systemic racism and economic inequality on educational opportunities

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Katherine Dunham founded the first American black dance company and opened her own school of dance in New York in 1944. In 1946 the school's name changed to the Katherine Dunham School of Arts and Research to reflect that the curriculum included the arts, languages and the humanities.She had one of the most successful dance careers in Western dance theatre in the 20th century and directed her own dance company for many years.

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Maria Montessori (1870–1952) was an Italian physician and educator best known for her philosophy of education and her writing on scientific pedagogy. At an early age, Montessori enrolled in classes at an all-boys technical school, with hopes of becoming an engineer, Helen Keller (1880–1968) was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and her hearing after a bout of illness when she was 19 months old.

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Most people know Anne Sullivan by her work as Helen Keller’s teacher. However, this extraordinary woman was also a determined academic and used education as a means to escape poverty. At the age of 14, she began attending Perkins School for the Blind and eventually graduated as valedictorian of her class.

At just 20 years old, Anne began teaching Helen Keller and, despite her own limited sight, helped Keller study at Radcliffe College in 1900. Thanks to Anne’s hard work and dedication, Helen became the first deaf-blind person to receive a college degree.