Joan Imogen Howard (7 November 1848, Boston – 8 November 1937, Philadelphia)[1][2] was an American educator and principal from the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Characterized as a "black liberal integrationist",[3] she was the first African American graduate of Girls High and Normal School in Boston,[4] as well as the only African American to serve on a state board for the Columbian Exposition.[5]
- ^ Joan Imogen Howard at Find a Grave
- ^ 1937 Philadelphia death certificate
- ^ Robinson 2012, p. 76.
- ^ Powell 2000, p. 307.
- ^ Wells-Barnett & Rydell 1893, p. xviii.