Name Mary Winslow | ||
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Education University of New Brunswick | ||
Mary Matilda Winslow, sometimes referred to as Mary Matilda Winslow McAlpine (MacAlpine) or Tillie Winslow, was the first Black Canadian female graduate of the University of New Brunswick. She graduated from the university with a bachelor's degree in Classics in 1905, ranking at the top of her class. She later married and divorced Francis P. MacAlpine, who was from Alabama.
Winslow was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, and later immigrated to the United States in the early 1900s. She taught at Methodist-affiliated Central College in Birmingham, Alabama in 1906, heading the Normal Department and teaching Greek and other subjects. She toured the country advocating for increased attention on public education.
She eventually settled in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1916 where she taught at Springfield College. She moved to Detroit, Michigan in the 1950s and was a supporter of the Presbyterian Church. She taught there under the auspices of the YMCA Neighborhood Clubs.