Image / Fay Allen, circa 1930

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Title: Fay Allen, circa 1930
Alternative Title: Faye Allen
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1930]
1930
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Studio portrait of Fay Allen.
Fay Allen was elected to the board of the Los Angeles Unified School District as the first ever African American woman in 1939. Allen was a music teacher in the district and was described as "intelligent, traveled and experienced" in The Times. (wikipedia)
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b10_f06_001a.tif
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Subject: African American teachers
Allen, Fay, b. 1888 or 89
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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