Evie Spencer DeCosta Papers, 1921

Location of collection:

Virginia State University

Johnston Memorial Library

Virginia State University

P.O. Box 9406

1 Hayden Drive

Petersburg, Virginia 23806

Contact for questions and access:

POC: Juan-Pablo Gonzalez

Email: jpgonzalez@vsu.edu

Phone: (804) 524-6945

Email: refdesk@vsu.edu

Phone: (804) 524-5582

Fax: (804) 524-6959

Web: library.vsu.edu

Summary

Creator:

Evie Spencer DeCosta.

Abstract:

Photographs of "The First Colored Women Voters Club of Ettrick". Acc. #1984-26.

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

Two photographs of the First African American females to vote in Ettrick, Virginia, about 1920.

Biographical / historical:

Evie Lee (Carpenter) DeCosta was an instructor in Agriculture at the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute from 1919-1920. After it became legal for women to vote nine young women from Virginia State duly registered and cast their votes. To record this day they posed for photographs at the Ettrick Courthouse and Styled themselves, "The First Colored Women Voters of Ettrick".

Acquisition information:

A gift from the DeCosta Family in 1984.

Physical description:

2 items.