Grace Mae Sullivan was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1905. She received her bachelor’s degree from Hampton University in 1930, before going on to receive a master’s degree in Home Economics Education in 1932. After graduating, she became an instructor of Home Economics at Kentucky State University, and later became the department head in 1935. In the 1936-37 catalog, she was listed as having multiple positions and roles, including professor, teacher-trainer, department head, executive council member, administrative council member, and committee member on curriculum reorganization.
Iowa State College Dissertation Title: Home economics in negro secondary schools of Kentucky, 1932
Iowa State University Catalog Record:https://quicksearch.lib.iastate.edu/permalink/01IASU_INST/174tg9m/alma990009422680102756
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Biography available at HBCU Connections at Iowa State University : Grace M. Sullivan ( http://hbcuconnections.iastatedigital.org/Grace_M._Sullivan )
