- Pre-marriage:
School and Teaching:
- Attended the Hartshorn School for Girls in Virginia
- Graduated from Howard University in 1918.
- After graduation taught home economics at Payne College in Augusta, Georgia
- Went to Okmulgee, Oklahoma.
Chicago: Family and Church:
- Charlemae Rollins, her college chum, and Joseph Rollins, Charlemae's
husband a veterinarian fixed her up as a "blind date" with a fellow veterinarian.
- married: Arsenius Boykin 1920 Aug 22.
- 1929: founded the Mothers Club and school lunch program of Sherwood Elementary.
- 1937: integrated the swimming pool at Englewood High School.
- 1925: joined the Church of the Good Shepherd with pastor Harold Kingsley.
- Collected "birthday pennies", sent monthly birthday greetings, supported
boy scouts, took care of baptismal certificates, began the Hand Bell Choir, and
donated the Rose Window.
- 1978: All Church Tea Souvenir Book was dedicated to her.
Served:
- Chicago Women's Board with Mrs. Clifton Utley
- YWCA
- Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority
- Inducted into Mayor's Senior Citizens Hall of Fame
- Received the Harris YWCA Award
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