Naomi sewell richardson biography

Naomi Sewell Richardson (September 24, 1892 – August 5, 1993) was an.
Naomi Sewell Richardson was an American educator and suffragist.
Naomi Sewell was born on September 24, 1892 in Lincoln University, Pennsylvania to Perry W. Sewell and Florence Snowden Sewell, the youngest of three children.

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Naomi Sewell Richardson

Biographical Database of Black Women Suffragists

Biography of Naomi Sewell Richardson, 1892-1993

By Tabitha Carson, Yasmine Northern, Perrye Rollins, Lauryn Bowler, Skylar Parker, and Lundyn Davis, undergraduate students, Howard University
Professor Amy Yeboah

Naomi Sewell was born on September 24, 1892 in Lincoln University, Pennsylvania to Perry W. Sewell and Florence Snowden Sewell, the youngest of three children. The Sewell family moved from Pennsylvania, to Baltimore, to South Carolina, back to Baltimore, and finally ended up in Washingtonville, New York where Naomi Sewell Richardson, after spending her own life elsewhere, returned to and live near the end of her life.

The Sewell family moved around to follow the work of Richardson's father, who started as a theology student at Lincoln University, then accepted a position in the Theology Department at Hobson College, and finally Minister of the Presbyterian Mission in Washingtonville in 1901. Richardson was educated in a segregated school system throughout the early stages

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Naomi Sewell Richardson

African-American suffragist

Naomi Sewell Richardson (September 24, 1892 – August 5, 1993)^[1] was an American educator and suffragist. She was a student co-founder of Delta Sigma Theta sorority, the second sorority founded for and by African-American women.

Early life and education

Naomi Sewell Richardson was born on September 24, 1892, in Lincoln University, Pennsylvania. She was the third child born to Perry W. Sewell, a minister, and Florence Snowden Sewell.^[1] She was raised in Washingtonville, New York and, in 1910, was the first African American student to graduate from Washingtonville High School.^[2]

Richardson started at Howard University in 1910. Richardson, along with 21 of her classmates, co-founded the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority in 1913 with a stated goal of "want[ing] to do more for our community".^[3] All 22 founders joined the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession, marching in their cap and gowns^[4] and enduring verbal and physical abuse from the larger crowd. According to Dr. Gwend

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Naomi Sewell Richardson

Naomi Sewell Richardson (September 24, 1892 – August 5, 1993) was an American educator and suffragist. She was a student co-founder of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, the second sorority founded for and by African-American women. Naomi Sewell Richardson was born on September 24, 1892 in Lincoln University, Pennsylvania. She was the third child born to Perry W. Sewell, a minister, and Florence Snowden Sewell. She was raised in Washingtonville, New York and, in 1910, was the first African American student to graduate from Washingtonville High School. Richardson started at Howard University in 1910. Richardson, along with 21 of her classmates, co-founded the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority in 1913 with a stated goal of "want[ing] to do more for our community". All 22 founders joined the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession, marching in their cap and gowns and enduring verbal and physical abuse from the larger crowd. According to Dr. Gwendolyn Boyd, a past president of Delta Sigma Theta, the "founders of Delta Sigma Theta were activists before that term was po