Portrait photo of caroline bond day, anthropologist

Caroline Bond Day

By kiyo_sx

  • Born

    Caroline Bond Day was born on November 18, 1889 in Montgomery, Alabama .

  • Dad Dies

    Day's dad Moses Stewart dies .

  • Moving

    Day and her mom Georgia Stewart moved to Tuskegee, Alabama after her dad dies .

  • Elementary

    Day goes to Tuskegee Elementary School .

  • Highschool

    Day attends Atlanta University High School .

  • Degree

    Day received her bachelors degree at Atlanta University .

  • College

    Day entered Radcliffe College . She took undergraduate courses with Earnest Hooton, the only physical anthropologist within the academic department at Harvard and became the editor of her research project.

  • Moving {again}

    Day moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where she taught English and drama at the same university she first attended, Atlanta University.

  • Masters

    Day receives her masters degree at Harvard .

  • Book

    Day published a book called "A Study of some Negro-White Families in the United States" .

  • Moving {the last time}

    Day moved to Durham, North Carolina, where she taught English and drama at North Carolina College for Negroes (At the moment North Carolina Central University), but then retired that same year due to her heart illness.

  • Death

    Day was suffering from recurrent illness, and she died from a stroke due to complications from her heart disease on May 5, 1948 in North Carolina.