Leona Farris
American educator born 1917
Leona Wright Farris (August 11, 1917 – February 27, 2022) was an American educator. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio.[1][2]
Farris worked as an assistant professor at the University of Akron from 1969 to 1998. She was the first African American woman to hold that position at the university. Her family was one of the first black families to live in Stow, Ohio.
Farris turned 100 in August 2017.[3] She died on February 27, 2022.[4]
References
change- ↑ "Leona Wright Farris". Akron Beacon Journal. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "A Woman Who Dares to Be Different". Akron Beacon Journal. 27 November 1994. Retrieved 31 July 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Copley Woman Turns 100". West Side Leader. 7 September 2017. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ↑ Price, Mark J. (1 March 2022). "Educator Leona Farris, a Black pioneer in Stow, dies at 104". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
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