Helen G. Edmonds
| Helen G. Edmonds | |
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December 3, 1911 Lawrenceville, Virginia |
| Died | May 9, 1995 (aged 83) Durham, North Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Professor |
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| Thesis title | The Negro and Fusion Politics in North Carolina, 1894-1901 |
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| Discipline | History |
| Institutions | North Carolina Central University |
Helen Grey Edmonds (December 3, 1911 – May 9, 1995) was an American historian, scholar, and civic leader. She was the first African American woman to earn a doctorate from Ohio State University, the first to become a graduate school dean, and the first to second the nomination of a United States presidential candidate.
Edmonds was born on December 3, 1911 in Lawrenceville, Virginia, to John Edward and Ann Williams Edmonds. She had a sister, Lucille, and a brother, Harry. Edmonds attended Saint Paul's High School and Junior College in Lawrenceville.
Edmonds attended Morgan State College in Baltimore, graduating in 1933 with a B.A. in History. She went on to receive an M.A. in History at Ohio State University in 1938, followed by a Ph.D. in 1946. She was the first black woman to earn a Ph.D. at that institution. Her dissertation, The Negro and Fusion Politics in North Carolina, 1894-1901, was published as her first book in 1951. From 1954 to 1955, Edmonds conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Heidelberg in West Germany.
From 1934 to 1935, Edmonds taught history, Latin, and Greek at the Virginia Theological Seminary and College in Lynchburg, Virginia. Edmonds joined the faculty of North Carolina College (now North Carolina Central University) in 1941, teaching there until her retirement in 1977. She served in many positions at that institution, including professor of history (1941–77), chair of the Department of History (1963–64), and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (1964–1971). In 1989, a classroom building on the campus was named in her honor.
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