Victoria Allen Banks was born on 23 December 1917 in Huntsville, Texas, to Memphis Allen and Carrie Jame Allen. Victoria received her bachelor’s of science degree from Prairie View Normal and Industrial College (now Prairie View A & M University) before enrolling at Iowa State College, where she lived during the the winter of 1945 at 218 Lincoln Way. At Iowa State, she received a Master’s of Science degree in Home Economics Education in 1946; her thesis was entitled Evaluation of Guidance Procedures in Preschool Departments of Protestant Sunday Schools.
Throughout her life Victoria lived in Blue Bell, PA; Willis, TX; and Detroit, MI. Banks was married to Rev. Dr. A.A. Banks, Jr., and she and her husband worked alongside civil rights colleagues Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mrs. Rosa Parks. Their daughter, Dr. Teta V. Banks, went on to become the Consul of the Republic of Liberia at Philadelphia (Hon. Dr. Teta V. Banks, 2019).
Iowa State College Dissertation Title: Evaluation of guidance procedures in preschool departments of protestant Sunday schools, 1946
Iowa State University Catalog Record: https://quicksearch.lib.iastate.edu/permalink/01IASU_INST/174tg9m/alma990006095770102756
Sources
Hon. Teta V. Banks, Ed.D. (2019). Top30Women. https://top30women.com/hon-teta-v-banks-ed-d/
