Jennie Porter

Jennie Porter
Jennie D. Porter, from the August 1925 issue of The Crisis
Born
Jennie Davis Porter

1879 (1879)
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Died3 July 1936(1936-07-03) (aged 56–57)
EducationB.A., M.A., PhD., University of Cincinnati
Occupation(s)Activist, educator
Known forFirst black individual to receive a PhD from the University of Cincinnati
HonorsOhio Women's Hall of Fame (1989)

Jennie Davis Porter (1879 – 3 July 1936) was an American educator. She was the first African-American to receive a PhD from the University of Cincinnati and became the first black female principal of a public school in Cincinnati. In 1989, she was posthumously inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame.