awards
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Things conferred or bestowed as a reward for merit, including a prize, reward, honor, document, or remuneration.
Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:
Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1146
Abstract
Lucille Simmons Whipper (1928-2021), an educator, guidance counselor, academic administrator, community, and religious leader and the first African-American woman to serve as an State of South Carolina House of Representatives in Charleston's District 109 (1986-1996). She exercised her activism with her graduating class at Avery Institute in their attempts to desegregate the College of Charleston in 1944. Decades later, Whipper was instrumental in working with the State of South Carolina and...
Dates:
1900-2016, undated
Whipper's Nomination for the National Women's Hall of Fame, 1993
File — Box 156, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Contains various editions of Constitution and By-Laws, correspondence, meeting minutes, financial reports, procedure manuals, event programs, and photocopied newspaper clippings regarding Whipper's membership with this historically African American national women's service organization. Of note is the National Trends and Services Facet Committee's work on "The Hurricane Hugo Project," (Box #156, Folder#9: 1989-1990), which details the relief efforts provided to fellow South Carolinians. Also...
Dates:
1993
Women Unlimited, 18 September 1983
File — Box 180, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes awards from Alpha Kappa Alpha.
Dates:
18 September 1983