Blanche Armwood

Blanche Armwood
Blanche Armwood Perkins from a 1916 flier
Born
Blanche Mae Armwood

(1890-01-23)January 23, 1890
Tampa, Florida
DiedOctober 16, 1939(1939-10-16) (aged 49)
Medford, Massachusetts
Occupations
  • Educator
  • activist

Blanche Mae Armwood (January 23, 1890 – October 16, 1939) was an American educator, women's suffrage advocate, activist, and the first African-American woman in the state of Florida to graduate from an accredited law school. Armwood was also the first Executive Secretary of the Tampa Urban League and a founder of five Household Industrial Arts Schools for African-American women in five different states. Armwood High School in Seffner, Florida is named in her honor.

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