Enolia Pettigen McMillan was a pioneer educator, civil rights activist, and community leader. She also served as the first African American female national president of the NAACP. Born Enolia Virginia Pettigen in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Elizabeth Fortune Pettigen and John Pettigen, a former slave. While still in her youth, the family moved […]

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