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NOLA4Women: Celestine Strode Cook: New Orleans’ Adopted Daughter

Celestine Strode Cook was not a native New Orleanian but when she moved to the city in the 1950s, she became a major contributor in the...

NOLA4Women: Daisy F. Young: Civic and Community Leader

As part of our Women of New Orleans blog series we will be highlighting the life and accomplishments of Daisy F. Young. Young was born on...

NOLA4Women: Fannie C. Williams and New Orleans Education

Fannie C. Williams, 1882-1980, was the principal at Valena C. Jones Elementary and Normal Schools in New Orleans, Louisiana from about...

NOLA4Women: Lucile Levy Hutton, Music Educator Extraordinaire

Lucile Levy Hutton was a prominent participant in New Orleans’ vibrant music circles and illustrious educator with a career spanning 46...

NOLA4Women: Elma Moore Booker & Her New Orleans Dance Studio

“Dancing is first and foremost a healthful exercise; it is pleasure and it is an art that brings to the front, courtesy, ease of manner,...

NOLA4Women: Jessie Covington Dent: Pianist, Community Leader and First Lady of Dillard University

Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent was a concert pianist, educator, community leader and the wife of Albert Walter Dent, President of...

RELEASE: Kathe Hambrick Appointed The Center's Executive Director, read more...