Charlotte Hawkins Brown (June 11, 1883 - January 11, 1962) was an African American educator. June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black), is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ...

Born Charlotte Hawkins in Henderson, North Carolina, in the late 1880's her family moved north to settle in Cambridge, Massachusetts. An exceptional student in a very white world, during her senior year of high school, former Wellesley College president of Alice Freeman Palmer provided financial support to enable her to further her education at the State Normal School in Salem. Henderson is a city located in Vance County, North Carolina. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 28th 139,509 km² 805 km 240 km 9. ... Cambridge City Hall Cambridge is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. ... Wellesley College is a womens liberal arts college that opened in 1875, founded by Henry Fowle Durant and his wife Pauline Fowle Durant. ... Alice Elvira Freeman Palmer (February 21, 1855 - December 6, 1902) was an American educator. ... A normal school is an institution for training teachers. ... Seal of Salem, MA Salem is a city located in Essex County, Massachusetts. ...

In 1901 Charlotte Hawkins accepted a teaching position in a one-room school in the rural community of Sedalia, North Carolina. In 1911 she married fellow teacher Edward S. Brown, but the marriage did not last. Her dedication to educating young African Americans led to the tiny school evolving to become an accredited school and junior college, renamed the Palmer Memorial Institute in honor of her benefactor. In 1915, the prominent Boston financier and philanthropist Galen L. Stone learned of her work and became the Institute's most important benefactor. Sedalia is a town located in Guilford County, North Carolina. ... This article is about junior college in India. ... Boston is a town and small port c. ... Financier (IPA: /ˌfi nãn ˈsjei/) is an elegant term for a person who handles large sums of money, usually involving money lending, financing projects, large-scale investing, or large-scale money management. ... A philanthropist is someone who devotes his time, money, or effort towards helping others. ... Galen Luther Stone (November 21, 1862 - December 26, 1926) was an American financier and philanthropist. ...

Charlotte Hawkins Brown devoted her life to the improvement of the African American community's social standing and was active in the National Council of Negro Women. Among her numerous institutional efforts, she served on the national board of the Young Women's Christian Association, the first black woman to do so. Neysa Moran McMein (1888-1949) Y.W.C.A. In Service for the Girls of the World, Poster, 1919 The YWCA (originally Young Womens Christian Association) is a world-wide organisation, founded in the UK in 1855. ...

In 1952 Brown retired as president of Palmer Memorial Institute. She passed away at Greensboro, North Carolina in 1962 from heart problems at the age of seventy-seven. Downtown Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina, is a city located in Guilford County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. ...