Josephine Silone Yates, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Josephine Silone Yates

American chemist

Date of Birth: 15-Nov-1859

Place of Birth: Mattituck, New York, United States

Date of Death: 03-Sep-1912

Profession: teacher, chemist, university teacher, suffragist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Josephine Silone Yates (1852 or November 15, 1859 – September 3, 1912), trained in chemistry, was one of the first black teachers hired at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, and, upon her promotion, the first black woman to head a college science department.
She may have been the first black woman to hold a full professorship at any U.S.
college or university.Yates was also significant in the African-American women's club movement.
She was a correspondent for the Woman's Era (the first monthly magazine published by black women in the United States) and wrote for other magazines as well.
Yates was instrumental in establishing women's clubs for African-American women: she was the first president of the Women's League of Kansas City (1893) and the second president of the National Association of Colored Women (1900–04).