Enolia McMillan

Enolia McMillan

Infobox Person
name=Enolia McMillan
birth_date=birth date|1904|10|20|mf=y
birth_place=Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
death_date=death date and age|2006|10|24|1904|10|20|mf=y
death_place=Stevenson, Maryland
occupation=Teacher, NAACP President
spouse=Betha D. McMillan, Sr.|

Enolia Pettigen McMillan (October 20 1904 – October 24 2006) was the first female national president of the NAACP.

Born Enolia Virginia Pettigen in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Elizabeth Fortune Pettigen and John Pettigen, Enolia Pettigen attended Frederick Douglass High School and later Howard University with the help of a scholarship from Alpha Kappa Alpha and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in education in 1926.

She became a teacher in 1927 in Caroline County, Maryland. McMillan received a master's degree in 1933 from Columbia University. Her thesis was entitled "Some Factors Affecting Secondary Education for Negroes in Maryland Counties (Excluding Baltimore)".

She married Betha D. McMillan, Sr. in 1936. After retiring from teaching in 1968, she became president of the NAACP from 1984 to 1990.

She died in Stevenson, Maryland from heart failure.

ources

* Frances N. Beckles. "Enolia Pettigen McMillan" in "20 Black Women: A Profile of Contemporary Black Maryland Women". Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1978. p. 92-99
* Adam Bernstein. "Enolia McMillan; First Woman to Lead NAACP". "The Washington Post", October 26, 2006 p. B7
* "Enolia Pettigen McMillan" in "Notable Black American Women", Gale Research, 1992.
* Nicole Fuller and Kelly Brewington. "‘Matriarch of NAACP’ dies at 102". "The Baltimore Sun", October 25, 2006 p.1A, 9A
* Carolyn B. Stegman. "Enolia Pettigen McMillan" in "Women of Achievement in Maryland History". Forestville, MD, 2002. p. 37-38.

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