 Eartha White in 1950; UNF Special Collections Eartha Mary Magdalene White (November 8, 1876 - January 18, 1974) was an American humanitarian, philanthropist, and businesswoman. November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ...
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Humanitarianism is the view that all people should be treated with the respect and dignity they deserve as human beings, and that advancing the well-being of humanity is a noble goal. ...
Early life
Born in Jacksonville, Florida, White was the 13th child of a former slave. She was adopted by Clara English White at a very young age and the two had an extremely loving relationship. It was from her mother's example that White sought to improve the condition of the poor and helpless people in Jacksonville. Motto: Where Florida Begins Location in the state of Florida Coordinates: Country United States State Florida County Duval Mayor John Peyton (R) Area - City 2,264. ...
In her youth, White attended schools in Florida and New York. In 1893, upon graduation from Stanton School in Jacksonville, she moved to New York City for a brief period in order to avoid a yellow fever quarantine. After high school she attended the Madam Hall Beauty School and the National Conservatory of Music. She also became an opera singer with the Oriental American Opera Company (the first African-American opera company), where she sang as a lyric soprano and traveled with the company throughout the United States and Europe. She returned to Florida in 1896, where she graduated from the Florida Baptist Academy. Stanton College Preparatory School is an academically renowned high school located in Jacksonville, Florida, whose history dates to the 1860s, when it was begun as an elementary school serving the African-American population under the then-segregated education system. ...
National Conservatory of Music may refer to: National Conservatory of Music of America, a school founded by Jeannette Thurber in New York City in 1885 [1] CNSM de Lyon, in Lyon, France [2] National Conservatory of Music (Tunis) Category: ...
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Adult life After graduation, White embarked on a sixteen-year teaching career in Bayard, Florida and later at Stanton School. She also became involved in political activities by participating in the Republican Party as well as beginning the Colored Citizens Protective League in Jacksonville. In 1941, she joined with A. Philip Randolph to protest job discrimination. She never married, lived frugally, and spent all her money on a wide range of philanthropic activities, including social work with prison inmates, an orphanage, a mother and baby home, a working women's childcare facility, homes for the aged, a boys' club and a mission for the poor, all of which, due to segregation, were directed primarily towards African-Americans. GOP redirects here. ...
Asa Philip Randolph (April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979) was a socialist in the labor movement and the US civil rights movement. ...
It was through the Clara White Mission that Eartha White made her biggest impact on the Jacksonville community. Her mother began the establishment in the 1880s primarily as a soup kitchen to feed the needy. White later expanded on this idea and moved the Mission to its present location on Ashley Street in Downtown Jacksonville. Notably, the Mission is the only non-profit organization serving daily meals to the needy in the city. [1]
In 1970 she was awarded the Lane Bryant Award for Volunteer Service and was appointed to the President's National Center for Voluntary Action in 1971.
Eartha White died of heart failure at age ninety-seven on January 18, 1974.
Quotes - "I never married. I was too busy - What man would put up with me running around the way I do?"
-According to Charles E. Bennett, author of Twelve On The River St. Johns - "I've already decided I want it to serve humanity. What would I do with it? Sit around the Plaza Hotel? I'm too busy."
-After a reception at the White House with President Nixon, she quite characteristically responded to the question of how she would spend her cash reward
Collections Eartha White's private collection of photographs and correspondence was split, after her death, between the Clara White Mission and the University of North Florida's Thomas G. Carpenter Library Special Collections. They are both allowed to be viewed by the public. [2] University of North Florida State University System of Florida FAMU FAU FGCU FIU FSU NCF UCF UF UNF USF UWF The University of North Florida (UNF) is a public university located in eastern Jacksonville, Florida. ...
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