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Willie Lee Glass

1910–1999

United States

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Willie Lee Dorothy Campbell Glass (August 24, 1910 – May 2, 1999) was an American academic, consultant, and educator. She was the youngest graduate and first black woman to receive a master’s degree in home economics at Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, now known as Iowa State University. The city of Tyler, Texas, named a day in her honor.

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