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  • The courage to be first

    Feb 26, 2019 8:30 am by Kim SchmidtAlumni
    Maudelle Brown Bousfield. Photo courtesy Chicago Public Schools

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    • Maudelle Brown Bousfield. Photo courtesy Chicago Public Schools

    When she graduated from Illinois in 1906, Maudelle Brown Bousfield was the only African American woman on campus. Later, she continued to break barriers in education in the Chicago Public Schools.