Josie Green Washington papers
Josie Eugenia Green Hamilton Washington, an African American home economics educator in Dallas, Texas, taught in Dallas schools for more than forty years. She first taught at Booker T. Washington High School and then at Lincoln High School from...
About Josie Green Washington papers
Josie Eugenia Green Hamilton Washington, an African American home economics educator in Dallas, Texas, taught in Dallas schools for more than forty years. She first taught at Booker T. Washington High School and then at Lincoln High School from 1939 until her retirement in 1971. She was also very active in activities at the Munger Avenue Baptist Church; in her sorority, Kappa Zeta, the Dallas chapter of Zeta Phi Beta; the Dunbar Social Club Woman's Auxiliary; and the Maria Morgan Branch of the YWCA of Metropolitan Dallas. Papers contain programs, minute book, calendars, scrapbook, photographs, manual, and final examination. The collection contains Zeta Annual Birthday Calendars which include advertisements of African American businesses, the names and birth dates of the sorority sisters, candid photographs of families (infants to young teenagers) of the sorority members' children, and dates of importance to the sorority. There is a scrapbook of Zeta memorabilia, 1944-1947, and a minute book of the Kappa Zeta Chapter, 1951-1955. Included is a formal color portrait of Washington as a young woman and a few items from her years at Lincoln High School, as well as a teaching procedures manual, a final examination, and commencement programs.