Gragg, Rosa Lee Slade, 1904-1989

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Founder of the Slade-Gragg Academy of Practical Arts, the first black vocational school in Detroit. As a black activist who promoted the interests of women she served as advisor to three U.S. presidents, Roosevelt, Kennedy and Johnson, was president of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs and vice president of the International Council of Women of the World.

From the description of Rosa L. Gragg papers, 1800-1971 (bulk 1940-1967). (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 57685752

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Birth 1904

Death 1989

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