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Idella Jones Childs (June 21, 1903 – August 8, 1998) was an American educator, historian and civil rights activist. Childs worked as a teacher for 35 years in Perry County in Alabama. During the civil rights movement, her home was a meeting place for activists.
Born in 1903, Idella Jones Childs lived through the century of social and political change that brought about the end of official racial discrimination in Alabama. She was a diligent worker for equal treatment under the law.
El Salón de la Fama de las mujeres de Alabama honra los éxitos de las mujeres asociadas con el estado de Alabama en los Estados Unidos. Establecido en 1970, las primeras mujeres fueron galardonadas al año siguiente.
23 de dic. de 2022 · Idella Jones Childs: First Black Woman to Serve on Marion County City Council (Alabama) Idella Jones Childs was a teacher, advocate, and role model for all. For thirty-five years, Ms. Childs taught in the segregated schools of Perry County using the limited resources at her disposal.
The Alabama Women's Hall of Fame honors the achievements of women associated with the U.S. state of Alabama. Established in 1970, the first women were inducted the following year. The museum is located in Bean Hall, a former Carnegie Library, on the campus of Judson College in Marion, Alabama. [1] It became a state agency in 1975 by ...
Idella Jones Childs (June 21, 1903 – August 8, 1998) was an American educator, historian and civil rights activist. Childs worked as a teacher for 35 years in Perry County in Alabama. During the civil rights movement, her home was a meeting place for activists.
Her mother, Idella Jones Childs, was an elementary school teacher. Young had four siblings. She spent her childhood and early adulthood in Marion, attending Lincoln Normal School, and later attended Manchester College in Indiana, where she received her bachelor's degree in education in 1954.
