Madison, Lettie Marie Coleman, 1909-

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Lettie Marie Coleman, an African American born in Montpelier, Va., attended Hampton Institute Academy in Hampton, Va. Earning degrees at Dana College (now Rutgers University), Newark, N.J., and from the School of Social Service at Fordham University, New York City, she pursued a career in social work and eventually founded the Department of Social Work at Virginia Union University in Richmond. She married Thomas D. Madison (d. 1964) in the 1930s.

From the description of Papers, 1925-1995. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 34140489

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New Jersey
Virginia
Richmond (Va.)
New Jersey--Montclair
Montclair (N.J.)
Virginia--Richmond
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African American families
African Americans
African Americans
African Americans
African American social workers
African American women
Psychiatric hospitals
Psychiatric social work
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Women social workers
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Birth 1909

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