Washington, Bennetta (1918–1991)
Washington, Bennetta (1918–1991)
American educator and Job Corps pioneer. Born 1918 in Winston-Salem, NC; died May 28, 1991, in Washington, DC; m. Walter Washington (mayor of Washington, DC).
As principal of Cardozo High School in Washington, DC, pioneered work-study program which was a model for National Teachers Corps (1961–64); under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, directed Cardozo Project in Urban Education, the President's Commission on Juvenile Delinquency (1961–64); at request of President Johnson, launched Job Corps program for women (1964); served as associate director of Job Corps, US Labor Department (1970–73); became assistant secretary for employment training at Job Corps (1974); received Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Award (1978).
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