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VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT: JEWEL LIMAR PRESTAGEveteranfeminists2022-10-27T12:57:38-04:00

THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Dr. Jewel Limar Prestage

August 12, 1931 – August 1, 2014

“I decided early on there were some things I wanted to accomplish educationally.”

Political scientist, activist, educator, mentor and author. First African-American woman to earn a PhD in political science at an American university. The first woman and the first African-American to serve as president of the Southwestern Social Science Association, 1973. Appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve on the National Advisory Council on Women’s Educational Programs for the U.S. Department of Education, 1980.

More About Jewel:

  • Jewel and James Prestage Mentorship Foundation
  • Remembering Dr. Jewel Limar Prestage, “My Academic Mother,” by Dr. Elsie L. Scott, August 2, 2014
  • National Conference of Black Political Scientists Records, 1969-2014
  • Texas State Historical Association
  • Interview with Jewel Prestage, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, October 30, 1992
  • Appearance on C-SPAN
  • Wikipedia page

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