{"id":113,"date":"2021-09-28T14:42:40","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T19:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/a-story-to-tell-pauline-young\/?page_id=113"},"modified":"2023-03-13T13:48:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T18:48:43","slug":"timeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/a-story-to-tell-pauline-young\/home\/timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 17, 1900<\/strong>: Born in West Medford, Massachusetts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 1917<\/strong>: Graduated from Howard High School<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Autumn 1917<\/strong>: Enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1918<\/strong>: Co-chartered the Gamma chapter of Delta Sigma Theta<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Gamma chapter was the sorority&#8217;s third chapter, and the first to be established at a predominantly white institution.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 1921<\/strong>: Graduated from the University of Pennsylvania<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1924<\/strong>: Began teaching at Howard High School<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Summer 1935<\/strong>: Completed the requirements for a degree in library science at Columbia University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Summer 1936<\/strong>: Met Jesse Owens at the Berlin Olympics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 29, 1944<\/strong>: Co-wrote a newspaper article on the Port Chicago explosion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Port Chicago was a naval facility in California which operated with segregated personnel. On July 17, 1944, there was a succession of explosions that destroyed the facility and the ships docked there. Close to two-thirds of the death toll consisted of Black sailors. Young was in California at the time, and co-wrote a newspaper article for the Baltimore <em>Afro-American<\/em> with eyewitness accounts from some of the survivors.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1947<\/strong>: \u201cThe Negro in Delaware: Past and Present\u201d published in <em>Delaware: A History of the First State<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1952<\/strong>: Moved to Ardencroft<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1955<\/strong>: Retired from Howard High School<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1957<\/strong>: Appeared on television quiz show <em>Tic Tac Dough<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1962-1964<\/strong>: Volunteered with the Peace Corps in Jamaica<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 1963<\/strong>: Spoke at a Kingston march organized in solidarity with the August 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 1965<\/strong>: Participated in Selma to Montgomery march<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1971<\/strong>: Toured the Soviet Union<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1976<\/strong>: Donated manuscripts, ephemera, and other items relating to Black history to Howard High School, which subsequently established the Pauline A. Young Memorabilia Room<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1982<\/strong>: Declared a Delaware Woman of the Year by the National Association of University Women<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The NAUW is a service and educational organization with a particular focus on African American women.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>1982<\/strong>: Inducted into the Hall of Fame of Delaware Women<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Established in 1981, the Hall of Fame of Delaware Women recognizes women in the state who have contributed greatly to their communities.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 26, 1991<\/strong>: Died in Wilmington, Delaware<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1996<\/strong>: University of Delaware Library Residency Program renamed in honor of Pauline Young<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Established in 1984, the University of Delaware Library Residency Program was the first of its kind to focus on recruiting early career librarians from underrepresented groups in order to increase their professional development and diversify the library profession.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2002<\/strong>: Wilmington mural depicting Pauline Young and other prominent Black Wilmington residents painted to overlook the Burton-Phelan Community Garden<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 17, 1900: Born in West Medford, Massachusetts June 1917: Graduated from Howard High School Autumn 1917: Enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania 1918: Co-chartered the Gamma chapter of Delta Sigma Theta The Gamma chapter was the sorority&#8217;s third chapter, and the first to be established at a predominantly white institution. 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