Dorothy L. Hollingsworth (October 29, 1920 – July 27, 2022) was an American educator based in
Seattle
Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest regio ...
.
Hollingsworth was born on October 29, 1920, in
Bishopville, South Carolina
Bishopville is a town in Lee County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 3,471 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Lee County.
Geography
Bishopville is located at (34.219027, -80.248877) near Lee State Park.
According t ...
. Her family moved to North Carolina when she was young. She graduated from
Paine College in 1941. In 1946 she moved to Seattle with her husband. She worked as a social worker in Seattle's
Central District in the 1950s and 1960s.
Hollingsworth became the first director of
Seattle Public Schools'
Head Start program in 1965. She was elected to the Seattle School Board in 1975, serving in that role until 1981. She was the first black woman in the state of Washington to serve on a school board. She also served as director of early childhood education for Seattle and was a member of the
.
Hollingsworth died on July 27, 2022, at the age of 101.
Her granddaughter,
Joy Hollingsworth
Joy Hollingsworth (born March 15, 1984) is an American politician, businessperson, and former basketball player. She is a member of the Seattle City Council from the 3rd district, having been elected in 2023. She played basketball at the college ...
, was elected to represent Central Seattle on the
Seattle City Council
The Seattle City Council is the legislative body of the city of Seattle, Washington. The Council consists of nine members serving four-year terms, seven of which are elected by electoral districts and two of which are elected in citywide at-lar ...
in 2023.
See also
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Seattle school boycott of 1966
The Seattle school boycott of 1966 was a protest against racial segregation in the Seattle Public Schools. On March 31 and April 1, thousands of students left classes at their public schools, with the large majority of them attending community Free ...
References
External links
Interview with Dorothy HollingsworthSeattle Civil Rights & Labor History Project, March 2005.
Interview with Hollingsworth January 31, 2007.
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1920 births
2022 deaths
African-American educators
African-American women educators
Educators from Seattle
School board members in Washington (state)
American women educators
Paine College alumni
People from Bishopville, South Carolina
African-American centenarians
American women centenarians
21st-century African-American people
21st-century African-American women
20th-century African-American people
20th-century African-American women