Lucy Diggs Slowe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lucy Diggs Slowe

American tennis player

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1885

Place of Birth: Berryville, Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 21-Oct-1937

Profession: tennis player, suffragist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Lucy Diggs Slowe (July 4, 1885 – October 21, 1937) was the first black woman to serve as Dean of Women at any American university and the first Dean of Women at Howard University.
She was one of the original sixteen founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, the first sorority founded by African-American women.
She was one of the nine original founders of the sorority in 1908 at Howard University. In 1922, Slowe was appointed the first Dean of Women at Howard University.
She continued in that role at Howard for 15 years until her death.
In addition, Slowe created and led two professional associations to support college administrators. Slowe was also a tennis champion, winning the national title of the American Tennis Association's first tournament in 1917, the first African-American woman to win a major sports title.