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Violet T. Lewis
Violet T. Lewis (May 27, 1897March 23, 1968) was an American businesswoman and educator who founded the Lewis College of Business in 1928, the only Historically black colleges and universities, historically black college in Michigan. Early life Lewis was born Violet Temple Harrison on May 27, 1897, in Lima, Ohio. She was the second of the six children of William and Eva Harrison. She graduated from Lima High School in 1915. She attended Wilberforce University from 1915 to 1917. Career Lewis' first job was as secretary to the president of Selma University in Alabama. She also taught secretarial classes in its business department. She later moved to Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, where she worked as a Bookkeeping, bookkeeper. After noticing a large number of young unemployed people, Lewis took a $50 loan and opened the Lewis Business College in 1928 in Indianapolis. Lewis started her own radio program, "The Negro Melody Hour", with a hope of boosting enrollment to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lima, Ohio
Lima ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northwest Ohio along Interstate 75 in Ohio, Interstate 75 approximately north of Dayton, Ohio, Dayton, southwest of Toledo, Ohio, Toledo, and southeast of Fort Wayne, Indiana. As of the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census, the city had a population of 35,579. It is the principal city of the Lima, Ohio metropolitan statistical area, which is included in the Lima–Van Wert–Wapakoneta, OH, combined statistical area. Lima was founded in 1831. The Lima Army Tank Plant, officially called the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center, built in 1941, is the sole producer of the M1 Abrams. History Lima was named after Lima, Peru's capital city. Shawnee and establishment In the years after the American Revolution, the Shawnee were the most prominent residents of west central Ohio, growing in numbers and permanency after the 1794 Treaty of Greenville. By 1817, the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
