Adrienne Lash Jones (July 15, 1935 - August 28, 2018) was an American academic of African-American studies. She was a professor at Oberlin College for most of her career.[1]
Adrienne Lash Jones | |
|---|---|
| Born | Adrienne Lash July 15, 1935 |
| Died | August 28, 2018 (aged 83) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Black studies |
| Institutions | Oberlin College |
Early life and education
editAdrienne Lash was born in Salisbury, North Carolina to Wiley I. Lash and Thelma Spalding Lash.[2] Her family "had a history of operating small businesses"[3] and valued education; her mother had earned a PhD.[2] One of two daughters, she grew up in Salisbury, where she worked in the family-owned Lash’s Self Service Grocery and attended Price High School.[2][4] Lash's father went on to become Salisbury's first Black mayor from 1981 to 1985.[4]
Jones graduated from Fisk University in 1956 with a bachelor's degree in business management.[1][3] While at Fisk, she joined Alpha Kappa Alpha.[2] She earned a graduate degree (1979) and a doctorate in American studies (1983) at Case Western Reserve University.[1][2] Her dissertation was titled Jane Edna Hunter: A Case Study of Black Leadership, 1915- 1950. It was republished in 1990 in volume 12 of the 16- volume series, Black Women in United States History (Carlson Publishing, Inc.).[3]
Career
editJones became involved in civil rights activism in Cleveland in the 1960s, eventually becoming recognized as a local leader, meeting with figures such as Malcolm X and Cleveland mayor Carl Stokes.[2]
Much of Jones' academic publishing was on Black women in the YWCA, exploring the history of inclusion, segregation, and racism within the organization.[5] In 1987, she received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for her research into the history of Black women in the YWCA.[6]
Jones was a professor at Oberlin College for most of her career,[1] and became the school's first tenured female Black professor.[7] She was head of Oberlin College's Black Studies Department by 1991, and developed a curriculum for the department which focused on "a mix of courses in history, politics, education, and fine arts". She also played a pivotal role in the development of the college's feminist studies department.[7]
Personal life and death
editShe married L. Morris Jones (d. 2015) in 1957. The couple moved to Cleveland in 1958, and L. Morris Jones started a medical practice in the Hough neighborhood. In 1962, they relocated to Shaker Heights as part of integration efforts.[2][8]
The couple had three sons, two of whom were twins. The couple retired in the late 1990s, relocating to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.[2] Following Morris's death in 2015,[7] Jones relocated to Cary, North Carolina to live near her sister.[2]
Adrienne Lash Jones died in Cary, North Carolina on August 28, 2018.[2]
Publications
editArticles
edit- Jane Edna Hunter: A Case Study of Black Leadership, 1915- 1950.
- Republished in Black Women in United States History. Vol. 12. Carlson Publishing. 1990.[3]
- Jones, Adrienne Lash (1991-04-12). Struggle among Saints: Black Women in the YWCA, 1860-1920 (Report). Oberlin College Department of Black Studies.
- Republished in Mjagkij, Nina; Spratt, Margaret, eds. (1997). Men and Women Adrift: The YMCA and the YWCA in the City. New York University Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-5541-9.[9]
- Jones, Adrienne Lash (February 2000). "Bowles, Eva Del Vakia (24 January 1875–14 June 1943), secretary for colored work for the Young Women's Christian Association". American National Biography. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1500081. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- Jones, Adrienne Lash (2005-05-19). "Young Women's Christian Association". Oxford African American Studies Center. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.44496. ISBN 978-0-19-530173-1. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
Chapters
edit- Jones, Adrienne Lash. "Addie Waits Hunton". In Sklar, Kathryn Kish; Dublin, Thomas (eds.). Black Women Suffragists. Women and Social Movements Database. Alexander Street Press.[10]
- Jones, Adrienne Lash (1993). "Phyllis (Phillis) Wheatley Clubs and Homes". In Hine, Darlene Clark (ed.). Black Women in America: A Historic Encyclopedia. New York City: Carson Publishing.
- Jones, Adrienne Lash (1996-11-22). "Philanthropy in the African American Experience". In Schneewind, Jerome B. (ed.). Giving: Western Ideas of Philanthropy. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-11333-7.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Emerita Professor Adrienne Lash Jones Dies". Oberlin College and Conservatory. 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "ADRIENNE JONES Obituary (1935 - 2018) - Cary, NC". Cleveland.com. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ a b c d "Alumni News" (PDF). History Notes. Case Western Reserve University. 2009.
- ^ a b "City dedicates marker to first black mayor". Salisbury Post. 2009-12-02. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ Laville, Helen (2006-07-01). "'If the Time is not Ripe, Then it is Your Job to Ripen the Time!' The Transformation of the YWCA in the USA from Segregated Association to Interracial Organization, 1930–1965". Women's History Review. 15 (3): 359–383. doi:10.1080/09612020500529986. ISSN 0961-2025.359-383&rft.date=2006-07-01&rft_id=info:doi/10.1080/09612020500529986&rft.issn=0961-2025&rft.aulast=Laville&rft.aufirst=Helen&rft_id=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09612020500529986&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Adrienne Lash Jones" class="Z3988">
- ^ "Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars". Annual Report. National Endowment for the Humanities: 36. 1988.
- ^ a b c Millette, James (2018-11-02). "In Memory of Adrienne Jones, Pioneer of Africana Studies". The Oberlin Review. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "L. JONES Obituary (1929 - 2015) - Cleveland, OH". Cleveland.com. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ Bederman, Gail (1998-12-01). "Nina Mjagkij and Margaret Spratt, editors. Men and Women Adrift: The YMCA and the YWCA in the City. New York: New York University Press. 1997. PP. xviii, 311. Cloth $55.00, paper $19.50". The American Historical Review. 103 (5): 1720–1721. doi:10.1086/ahr/103.5.1720. ISSN 0002-8762.1720-1721&rft.date=1998-12-01&rft_id=info:doi/10.1086/ahr/103.5.1720&rft.issn=0002-8762&rft.aulast=Bederman&rft.aufirst=Gail&rft_id=https://academic.oup.com/ahr/article-abstract/103/5/1720/191094&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Adrienne Lash Jones" class="Z3988">
- ^ Mceneaney, Sinead; Umoren, Imaobong (February 2019). "Roundtable: - Kathryn Kish Sklar and Thomas Dublin (eds.), Women and Social Movements Database, "Black Women Suffragists" Collection (Alexander Street Press). Online". Journal of American Studies. 53 (1): E1. doi:10.1017/S0021875818001536. ISSN 0021-8758.
- ^ Lindenmeyr, Adele (1998-06-01). "J. B. Schneewind, editor. Giving: Western Ideas of Philanthropy. (Philanthropic Studies.) Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 1996. Pp. xvi, 230. $29.95". The American Historical Review. 103 (3): 847–848. doi:10.1086/ahr/103.3.847. ISSN 0002-8762.847-848&rft.date=1998-06-01&rft_id=info:doi/10.1086/ahr/103.3.847&rft.issn=0002-8762&rft.aulast=Lindenmeyr&rft.aufirst=Adele&rft_id=https://academic.oup.com/ahr/article-abstract/103/3/847/160503&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Adrienne Lash Jones" class="Z3988">