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Florence "Frankie" Adams

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Florence V. "Frankie" Adams
Born
Florence Victoria Adams

(1902-07-09)July 9, 1902
Danville, Kentucky
DiedAugust 29, 1979(1979-08-29) (aged 77)
Atlanta, Georgia
NationalityAmerican
Alma materKnoxville College, New York University
Occupation(s)Educator, Author, Social Worker

Florence V. "Frankie" Adams (1902–1979) was an American educator and writer. She had a long career at the Atlanta School of Social Work spanning 1931 through 1964. She is known for her social activism and as the author of Soulcraft: Sketches on Negro-White Relations Designed to Encourage Friendship and The Reflections of Florence Victoria Adams.[1]

Biography

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Florence Victoria Adams was born in Danville, Kentucky, on July 9, 1902. In 1925, she graduated from Knoxville College.[2][1] In 1939, she obtained her master's degree in education from New York University.[1]

In 1931, Adams joined the faculty of the Atlanta School of Social Work. She influenced the curriculum and content of group work on a national level as a member of the Committee on Group Work of the American Association of Social Work.[1]

In 1964, Adams retired from the Atlanta School of Social Work, now called Atlanta University.[3]

From 1965 to 1967, she worked for Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. and from 1968 through 1970 she worked with Project Head Start.[1]

Adams died on August 29, 1979, aged 77, in Atlanta, Georgia.[1]

Publications

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  • Women in Industry (1929)
  • Soulcraft: Sketches on Negro-White Relations Designed to Encourage Friendship (1944)
  • Some Pioneers in Social Work: brief sketches; student work book, with Whitney Young, Jr. (1957)
  • The Reflections of Florence Victoria Adams, a history of the Atlanta University School of Social Work (published posthumously in 1981)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Frankie V. Adams collection". Archives Research Center. Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library. hdl:20.500.12322/fa:009. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Adams, Florence V. "Frankie". Notable Kentucky African Americans Database. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  3. ^ "Frankie Adams". Black Women Oral History Project Interviews, 1976–1981. Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
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