Anita Florence Hemmings (June 8, 1872 – 1960) was known as the first African American woman to graduate from Vassar College. [1] With both European and African ancestry, she passed as …

Her father turns his daughter’s suspicions into action. He decides to hire a private investigator to go to Anita’s hometown of Roxbury – a predominately black neighborhood in Boston – to find …

Hemmings married Dr. Andrew J. Love of New York at Trinity church.13 Dr. Love had also been passing for white, although he previously attended “historically blacks-only Meharry Medical …

The father of Anita’s roommate returned to Vassar College to drop a bomb: The beautiful and tawny fellow student Anita Hemmings was indeed a Negress. The students felt betrayed and …

Hemmings was the first African-American student to graduate from Vassar College in 1897. She grew up in Roxbury, Massachusetts and returned to Boston to work as a librarian at the …

In 1897, Anita Hemmings became the first black graduate of Vassar. But because she was passing for white, when her race was discovered, she almost wasn’t allowed to graduate.

Discover life events, stories and photos about Anita Florence Hemmings (1872–1960) of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Oct 4, 2024 · Anita Florence Hemmings, (June 8, 1872 – 1960) was the first African-American woman to graduate Vassar College and was a Librarian/Foreign Cataloger at the Boston …

But by August 1897, the world as well as the college had discovered her secret: Anita Hemmings was Vassar’s first black graduate — more than 40 years before the college opened its doors to …

Dec 18, 2024 · In this video I talk about Anita Hemmings, the first black female to graduate from Vassar College. Anita graduated in 1897 although Vassar didn't officially accept the first black …