Lavinia B. Sneed

Lavinia B. Sneed (1867–1932) was a prolific journalist, known for her accessible style of writing.

Lavinia B. Sneed
Born(1867-05-15)May 15, 1867
New Orleans, Louisiana
DiedJune 23, 1932(1932-06-23) (aged 65)
Louisville, Kentucky
NationalityAmerican
Alma materState Colored Baptist University
OccupationJournalist, educator
Spouse(s)
Charles F. Sneed
(
m. 1888)

Biography

Sneed was born on May 15, 1867 in New Orleans, Louisiana.[1] She moved to Louisville, Kentucky and attended the State Colored Baptist University, graduating in 1887.[2] The State Colored Baptist University was renamed State University, then renamed Simmons Bible College and is now known as Simmons College of Kentucky.[3]

In 1888 she married Charles F. Sneed a professor at State University.[4][2]

Her career in education included teaching at State University[2], serving on the Ladies Board of Care at Eckstein Norton University[2], and serving as principal of the Georgia Moore Colored School and Phillis Wheatley Colored School[5]

A highlight of her journalism career were her contributions to the magazine Our Women and Children. Her follow contributors included Mary Virginia Cook Parrish, Lucy Wilmot Smith and Iona E. Wood.[2]

She is included in several biographical collections of notable African American women, including "Women of Distinction" (1893) by edited by Lawson A. Scruggs[1], "Noted Negro Women: Their Triumphs and Activities", (1893) by Monroe Alpheus Majors and "The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia" (2015) ISBN 0813160650[2][6]

She died on June 23, 1932 in Louisville, Kentucky.[2]

References
  1. Scruggs, L. A. (Lawson Andrew) (1893). Women of distinction : remarkable in works and invincible in character. Raleigh : L. A. Scruggs. pp. 270–271.
  2. Smith, Gerald L.; McDaniel, Karen Cotton; Hardin, John A. (2015). The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky. p. 472. ISBN 9780813160665.
  3. "History". Simmons College of Kentucky. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  4. Penn, Irvine Garland (1891). The Afro-American Press and Its Editors. Willey & Company. pp. 413–415.
  5. Havens, Sara (November 5, 2018). "Louisville suffragists to be honored at three cemeteries on Election Day". Insider Louisville. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  6. "Mrs. Lavinia B. Sneed". Collective Biographies of Women. University of Virginia Department of English. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
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