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Illinois Global Institute Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity

Maudelle Brown Bousfield

Maudelle Brown Bousfield, the first African American woman to graduate from the University of Illinois in 1906 with a Mathematics degree, later became the first female African American principal of a Chicago public school. Bousfield Hall in Ikenberry Commons is named in her honor.

Illinois Global Institute Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity

201 Coble Hall, MC-401

801 S. Wright Street

Champaign, IL 61820

(217) 333-1994

Email: wggp@illinois.edu

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