Annie Wealthy Holland
Annie Wealthy Holland | |
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| Born | 1871 |
| Died | January 6, 1934 (aged 62–63) |
| Occupation | Educator |
| Known for | Creating the first Negro parent-teacher association in North Carolina |
Annie Wealthy Holland (1871 – January 6, 1934) was an educator and the state supervisor of "Negro" elementary schools and was the founder of the first Negro parent-teacher association in North Carolina.[1]
Early life and education
Annie Wealthy Holland was born in 1871 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia next to the plantation her grandmother worked on as a slave.[2] Holland's parents, John Daughtry and Margaret Hill named her after Annie Wealthy of the Wealthy plantation, who had set Holland's grandfather, Friday Daughtry, free.[3] After finishing her studies at the Isle of Wight County School, Holland's grandfather sent her to Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute so that she could receive a higher education.[3] However, after one year of school, Holland's grandfather's health began to fail, and so he could no longer assist her.[4]
Career
After leaving school, Holland traveled to New York City, New York where she became a nurse for William Hill. After several months her health began to fail and she was forced to return home. While at home, she was asked to take charge of a school in her county, so she took an exam to receive her second grade certificate. After teaching for two years, Holland traveled back to New York City to complete a course in dressmaking.[5] Holland then taught for nine years. During this time she earned her second grade certificate.[3]
In 1897, she became assistant principal of a school and in 1905 became the principal.[2] Following this job, in 1911 Holland became the teaching supervisor in North Carolina, where her job was to make sure that African American students in Gates Country received a well-rounded education. In 1914, she became a supervisor on the Jeanes Fund board, where she served as a consultant and assistant to teachers in the North Carolina area.[1] Later, in 1920, Holland began organizing a negro parent teacher state association, and in 1928 held the first meeting in Raleigh, NC.[5] The organization was meant to raise the standards of home life and bring home to give every child the highest level of spiritual, mental, physical, and moral education.[3]
Death and legacy
Holland passed away on January 6, 1934, at age 63 while addressing a group of teachers in Louisburg, North Carolina, and was later buried in Franklin, North Carolina.[3] On the tenth anniversary of the founding of the North Carolina Negro parent teacher association, members planted a tree in her memory at Shaw University, and named it the “Annie W. Holland tree.”[5]
References
- ^ a b Shaber, Sarah (1988). "Holland, Annie Wealthy". NCPedia. NCPedia. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
- ^ a b Abel, Joanne (1988). "The Women Who Ran The Schools". Durham County Library. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Cohn, Scotti (2000). More Than Petticoats: Remarkable North Carolina Women. Morris Book Publishing, LLC. pp. 107–114.
- ^ Shaber, Sarah (1988). "Holland, Annie Wealthy". NC Pedia. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
- ^ a b c Newbold, N.C. (1939). Five North Carolina Negro Educators. University of North Carolina Press. pp. 63–85.