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Emma Sykes (rugby Union)
Emma Belle Gibson Sykes (October 8, 1885 – December 31, 1970) was a Women's suffrage in Delaware, suffragist and civil rights activist. Biography Sykes née Gibson was born on October 8, 1885, in Christiana, Delaware. She attended the segregated Howard High School of Technology, Howard High School in Wilmington. After her graduation in 1903 she began her teaching career. In 1911 she married George J. Sykes, a dentist. The couple settled in at 208 East 10th in Wilmington. Around 1914 Sykes was involved with the formation of the Equal Suffrage Study Club in Wilmington along with other Howard High School teachers Alice Gertrude Baldwin, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar, Nellie B. Nicholson, Susie Estella Palmer Hamilton, Caroline B. Williams, and Blanche Williams Stubbs . At the same time, she was involved in the formation of the Wilmington branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In 1920 the Delaware state legislature was cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiana, Delaware
Christiana is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States, located on the Christina River, 12 miles southwest of Wilmington. It is home to the Christiana Hospital and the Christiana Mall and is the location of the northern terminus of Delaware Route 1 at an interchange with Interstate 95. Despite sharing a name with Christiana Hundred, the community of Christiana is located in White Clay Creek Hundred. History It is named after the Christina River, which is in turn named after Christina, Queen of Sweden who oversaw the founding of New Sweden in 1638. The Christiana Historic District, Charles Allen House, John Lewden House, Old Fort Church, Public School No. 111-C, and James Stewart Jr. House and George Hillis Sr. House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Christiana's population was 400 in 1890, 381 in 1900, 411 in 1925, and 500 in 1960. Notable people * Rebecca Lee (Davis) Crumpler (1831-1895), first African-American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
