American Women! exhibit--Coretta Scott King

"If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent,
I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children."

Born on an Alabama truck farm, Coretta Scott's determination and intelligence won her scholarships to Antioch College in Ohio and the New England Conservatory of Music, where she dreamed of becoming an opera singer. Her future changed when she met the dynamic Dr. King, and in 1953 they married, settling in Montgomery, Alabama.

While King was adjusting to the life of a minister's wife, she came to share his dream of racial justice in America. Within a year, she joined her husband in leading the Montgomery bus boycott and the growing civil rights movement. The Kings grew into a loving family with four children, and in 1965, Coretta shared in the afterglow of her husband's receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Three years later in 1968, tragedy struck when Dr. King was assassinated. Believing in his dream, Mrs. King established the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change in Atlanta. She continues to speak out on behalf of racial justice and non-violent solutions to social problems.

LIFE MAGAZINE with the newly widowed Coretta Scott King on the cover, 4-19-68. Color photos are from the magazine article.
-- On loan from James Hicks, Iowa City IA

Continue the virtual tour of the entire exhibit or choose a time period from the exhibit:
	From Colony to Country, 1600-1800	From Jazz to War, 1920-1950
	From Growth to Civil War, 1800-1870	From Fifties to Feminism, 1950-1990
	From Prairie to Polls, 1870-1920	Into the 21st Century, 1990 onward

View an alphabetical list of all 106 women included in American Women! with links to photos and biographies for selected women
View a Thank You to over 100 lenders to Ameican Women!
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