Lavinia B. Sneed
Lavinia B. Sneed | |
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| Born | May 15, 1867 New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Died | June 23, 1932 (aged 65) Louisville, Kentucky |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | State Colored Baptist University |
| Occupation | Journalist, educator |
| Spouse(s) | Charles F. Sneed (m. 1888) |
Lavinia B. Sneed (1867��1932) was a prolific journalist, known for her accessible style of writing.
Biography[]
Sneed was born on May 15, 1867 in New Orleans, Louisiana.[1] She moved to Louisville, Kentucky and attended the State Colored Baptist University, graduating in 1887.[2] The State Colored Baptist University was renamed State University, then renamed Simmons Bible College and is now known as Simmons College of Kentucky.[3]
In 1888 she married Charles F. Sneed a professor at State University.[4][2]
Her career in education included teaching at State University,[2] serving on the Ladies Board of Care at Eckstein Norton University,[2] and serving as principal of the Georgia Moore Colored School and Phillis Wheatley Colored School[5]
A highlight of her journalism career were her contributions to the magazine Our Women and Children. Her follow contributors included Mary Virginia Cook Parrish, Lucy Wilmot Smith and Iona E. Wood.[2]
She is included in several biographical collections of notable African American women, including "Women of Distinction" (1893) edited by Lawson A. Scruggs,[1] "Noted Negro Women: Their Triumphs and Activities", (1893) by Monroe Alpheus Majors and "The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia" (2015) ISBN 0813160650[2][6]
She died on June 23, 1932 in Louisville, Kentucky.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Scruggs, L. A. (Lawson Andrew) (1893). Women of distinction : remarkable in works and invincible in character. Raleigh : L. A. Scruggs. pp. 270–271.
- ^ a b c d e f g Smith, Gerald L.; McDaniel, Karen Cotton; Hardin, John A. (2015). The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky. p. 472. ISBN 9780813160665.
- ^ "History". Simmons College of Kentucky. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
- ^ Penn, Irvine Garland (1891). The Afro-American Press and Its Editors. Willey & Company. pp. 413–415.
- ^ Havens, Sara (November 5, 2018). "Louisville suffragists to be honored at three cemeteries on Election Day". Insider Louisville. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
- ^ "Mrs. Lavinia B. Sneed". Collective Biographies of Women. University of Virginia Department of English. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
- 1867 births
- 1932 deaths
- African-American educators
- African-American women journalists
- African-American journalists
- Simmons College of Kentucky alumni
- Writers from Louisville, Kentucky
- 20th-century African-American people
- 20th-century African-American women