{"id":59,"date":"2023-08-04T18:12:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T18:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/?page_id=59"},"modified":"2024-10-04T15:37:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T15:37:36","slug":"frances-williams-1919","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/frances-williams-1919\/","title":{"rendered":"Frances Williams, 1919"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/compass.fivecolleges.edu\/islandora\/object\/mtholyoke%3A16900\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230801_0002-copy-751x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35\" style=\"width:376px;height:512px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230801_0002-copy-751x1024.jpg 751w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230801_0002-copy-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230801_0002-copy-768x1047.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230801_0002-copy-1126x1536.jpg 1126w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230801_0002-copy-1502x2048.jpg 1502w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230801_0002-copy-scaled.jpg 1877w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sub><sup>Page 121 of the 1919 Llamarada, Williams is in the center<\/sup><\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wiliams was the first Black graduate of Mount Holyoke in the 20th Century. She spent her freshman year at University of Cincinnati but didn&#8217;t enjoy it. Her mother applied to Mount Holyoke for her:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo she decided I would come to Mount Holyoke. And I didn\u2019t read any of the literature, didn\u2019t know anything about the writing\u2026after they had accepted, Mother wrote and said I was a Negro. So they wrote back and said maybe I wouldn\u2019t be happy there. Mother wrote and said she wasn\u2019t sending her daughter to college to be happy. She\u2019s sending her to be educated.\u201d*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Williams majored in economics and sociology. Her honors included: Phi Beta Kappa, and the Patrick Memorial Fellowship. Williams reported that she had a wonderful time at Mt. Holyoke, and found its small size fostered a warm atmosphere. She also highlighted the good and lasting friendships she developed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After graduation, Williams attended the New York School of Social Work and the University of Chicago where she received a masters degree in political science. She worked for racial equality throughout her life, serving in national positions for YWCA and NAACP. Williams also served on the Missouri State Board of Education, and volunteered with the League of Women Voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*<em>Black Women Oral History Project. Interviews, 1975-1981. Frances H. Williams. OH-31. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wiliams was the first Black graduate of Mount Holyoke in the 20th Century. She spent her freshman year at University of Cincinnati but didn&#8217;t enjoy it. Her mother applied to Mount Holyoke for her:&nbsp; \u201cSo she decided I would come to Mount Holyoke. And I didn\u2019t read any of the literature, didn\u2019t know anything about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2199,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-nosidebar.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-59","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":719,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions\/719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}