Alice Allison Dunnigan By justice1341 Apr 27, 1906 Born in Russellville KY 1920 Began Writing for the Owensboro Enterprise at age 14 1923 Graduated from Segregated Knob City High School 1924 Began Teaching in Todd County 1935 Hired as Reporter in Lousville 1939 Manuscript Was Made Out of Kentucky Fact Sheets 1942 Moved to Washington DC to Work for the U.S. Department of Labor 1946 Offered a Job Writing for the Chicago Defender as a Washington Correspondent Jan 1, 1947 Named Bureau Chief of the Associate Negro Press 1947 Became First Black Female Member of the Senate and House of Representatives Press Galleries 1948 Became First Black Woman Elected to the Womens National Press Club 1948 Became First Black Female White House Correspondent 1948 Became First African American Woman on a Presidential Tour by Going on the Whistle-Stop tour with the President Truman 1961 Named Education Consultant to the Presidents Commitee on Equal Employment Opportunity 1966 Worked as Information Specialist for the Department of Labor 1967 Became Associate Editor with the President’s Commission on Youth Opportunity 1974 Autobiography Published Entitled A Black Woman’s Experience: From Schoolhouse to White House 1982 The Manuscript of her Kentucky Fact Sheets was Published Entitled The Fascinating Story of Black Kentuckians: Their Heritage and Tradition 1982 Inducted Into Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame May 6, 1983 Died in Washington, D.C. 2007 Honored in Kentucky Women Remembered- an Exhibit in Kentucky State Capitol that Honors the Contributions of Women from the Commonwealth
