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词条 Mamie Garvin Fields
释义

  1. Early life

  2. After college

  3. Activist

  4. Awards and recognition

  5. References

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| birth_name = Mamie Elizabeth Garvin
| birth_date = {{birth date|1888|7|13|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Charleston, South Carolina
| death_date = {{death date and age|1987|7|30|1888|7|13|mf=y}}
| death_place = Charleston, South Carolina
| nationality = American
| alma_mater = Claflin College
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| occupation = Educator, Activist
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| notable_works = Lemon Swamp and Other Places
| spouse = Robert Lucas Fields
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Mamie Garvin Fields (August 13, 1888 – July 30, 1987) was a teacher, civil rights and religious activist, and memoirist. In 1909, she became one of the first African-American teachers to be hired in a Charleston County, South Carolina, public school. She was also a co-founder of the Modern Priscilla Club of Charleston in 1927.

Early life

Mamie Elizabeth Garvin was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on August 13, 1888.[1] She was the daughter of George Washington Garvin and Rebecca Mary Logan Bellinger.[1] She attended school at Shaw, and then Claflin College. She received a licensure to teach and a diploma in science. She wanted to be a missionary but her parents wanted her to teach.[1]

After college

She began her teaching career in 1908 at Pine Wood, which was a predominantly black school at the time. On her return to Charleston in 1909, she became one of the first African-American teachers to be hired in a Charleston County public school.[2] She later became principal of the Miller High School in Johns Island for two years.[2]

After living in Boston for a few years, she returned to Charleston and married Robert Lucas Fields. The couple had two sons, Alfred Benjamin and Robert Lionel. In 1926, Fields returned to teaching at the Society Corner School. During the Depression, she founded the first vacation bible school for migrant workers in Charleston. Fields retired from teaching in 1943.[2][3]

Activist

In 1916, Fields joined the City of Charleston Federation of Colored Woman's Club. She cofounded the Modern Priscilla Club of Charleston in 1927. After retirement, Fields still remained active in women's clubs, and also volunteering in many civic and religious organizations. She was a member of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, whose mission was to “Lift as they Climb” through charitable, civic and other activities. She served as president of the South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs through 1958 to 1964 and was the superintendent of the Marion Birnie Wilkinson Home for Girls in Cayce, South Carolina.[4]

Awards and recognition

Fields won awards from several organizations, including women's groups and black sororities. She won the award for the state’s Outstanding Older Citizen from the South Carolina Commission on Aging.[1]

Nearing her ninetieth birthday, she began working with her granddaughter, Karen Fields, on her memoir, Lemon Swamp and Other Places (1983). The memoir covers her life and work in South Carolina from 1888 to the present.[5]

Fields died in Charleston on July 30, 1987.[1]

References

1. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/fields-mamie-elizabeth-garvin/|title=Fields, Mamie Elizabeth Garvin - South Carolina Encyclopedia|work=South Carolina Encyclopedia|access-date=2018-11-16|language=en-US}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://avery.cofc.edu/archives/Fields_Mamie_Garvin.html|title=Inventory of the Mamie E. Garvin Fields Papers, 1894 - 1987|last=|first=|date=|website=Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://blackthen.com/mamie-garvin-fields-educator-community-activist/|title=Mamie Garvin Fields: Educator & Community Activist |work=blackthen.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-16}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/collection/data/133145105|title=Mamie E. Garvin Fields papers, 1894-1987 (bulk 1945-1985)|language=en|access-date=2018-11-16}}
5. ^{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mamie-garvin-with-karen-fields-fields/lemon-swamp-and-other-places-a-carolina-memoir/|title=Lemon Swamp and Other Places: A Carolina Memoir|work=Kirkus Reviews}}
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