Amanda E. Peele Cheatham[1]
A young light-skinned African-American woman; her hair is cropped to chin length and side-parted. She is wearing a wide-collared shirt.
Amanda E. Peele, from a 1942 publication
Born(1903-01-10)January 10, 1903
Jackson, North Carolina, US
DiedApril 10, 1978(1978-04-10) (aged 75)
Alma materHampton Institute (BS), Cornell University (MS)
Scientific career
FieldsBiology, botany
InstitutionsHampton Institute
ThesisFloral anatomy of Trapa natans

Amanda Eunice Cheatham (née Peele January 10, 1903 – April 10, 1978)[2] was an American biologist. She was the first woman of color to deliver a research paper to the Virginia Academy of Science, having done so in 1939.[3]

Early life and education

Amanda E. Peele was born on January 10, 1903, in Jackson, North Carolina.[4] A 1923 graduate of Northampton County Training School, Peele earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Hampton Institute in 1930.[5] After winning a fellowship from the General Education Board,[6] she earned a Master of Science degree from Cornell University in 1934. Her thesis, entitled Floral anatomy of Trapa natans, was a study of water caltrops.[1] At Cornell, Peele studied under Arthur Johnson Eames, William J. Hamilton, Jr., and Albert Hazen Wright.[4]

Academic career

In 1930, Peele was hired as an assistant professor at Hampton Institute, where she taught biology until her retirement in 1972.[5] In 1941, she served as a regional director of the National Association of College Women.[7] In 1970, she was awarded the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award by Hampton University.[8] She was president of the National Hampton Alumni Association from 1970 to 1977.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 Peele, Amanda E. "Floral anatomy of Trapa natans". Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  2. ↑ These are the dates on Peele's tombstone. See: "Amanda Peele Cheatham". Find a Grave. Retrieved June 24, 2020. Other sources, such as Who's Who (1944), give her birth year as 1908).
  3. ↑ Palmer, Colin, ed. (2007). Ideology, identity, and assumptions. [New York]: New York Public Library. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-87013-795-2. OCLC 77270629.
  4. 1 2 Peele, Amanda E. (1934). "Biography". Floral anatomy of Trapa natans (Master's thesis). Cornell University.
  5. 1 2 Who's Who in Colored America. New York City, NY: Thomas Yenser. 1944. pp. 399–400.
  6. ↑ The Crisis editorial board (1933). "Awards". The Crisis. 40 (7): 162.
  7. ↑ Miller, Carroll L. (1941). "National Activities and General Progress". The Journal of Negro Education. 10 (1): 108–113. JSTOR 2292537.
  8. ↑ "Forty Fifth Annual Hampton University Honors Day:A Virtual Celebration of Honors, Spring 2020" (PDF). p. 37.
  9. ↑ "National Hampton Alumni Association, Inc. 13th Biennial Convention" (PDF). p. 15.
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