Rachel B. Noel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rachel B. Noel

American educator and politician

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1918

Place of Birth: Hampton, Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 04-Feb-2008

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Rachel Bassette Noel (January 15, 1918 – February 4, 2008) was an African-American educator, politician and civil rights leader in Denver, Colorado.
She is known for the "Noel Resolution", a 1968 plan to integrate the Denver city school district, and her work to implement that plan, as well as other work on civil rights.
When elected to the Denver Public Schools Board of Education in 1965, Noel was the first African-American woman elected to public office in Colorado.
In 1996, Noel was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame. She was born in Hampton, Virginia to college-educated parents; her father was a doctor.
She earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Hampton Institute and Fisk University, respectively.
She and her husband, a physician from Jackson, Mississippi, moved to Denver after he finished his residency.