Jane Eleanor Datcher (abt. 1867 - 1934)

Born about 1867 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Ancestors

Died 24 Feb 1934 at about age 67 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Biography

Jane Datcher is Notable.

Jane Eleanor Datcher was the first African-American woman to obtain an advanced degree at Cornell University. After graduating from Cornell, Datcher helped form the Collegiate Alumnae Club (later part of the Colored Women's League), an organization run by Mary Church Terrell as a resource for educated Black women. ^[1]

Jane Eleanor "Nellie" Datcher was born about 1867 in Washington, DC. She was the daughter of Samuel Datcher and Mary V. Cook. She was raised by her mother and uncles in Washington.^[2][3]

She obtained her Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell in 1890 for her research on the species Hepatica triloba and Hepatica acutiloba. She was among the first three African-Americans to graduate from Cornell, along with her cousin Charles C. Cook and George Washington Fields.^[4]

In 1900 Nellie was living with her mother and her uncle George L T Cook, superintendent of public schools in Washington. She was a teacher.^[5] Nellie Datcher taught chemistry at Dunbar High School from 1892 until soon before her death in 1934. In 1930 she was still teaching and lived with fellow teachers Nancy and Charlotte Atwood.^[6]

Nellie Datcher died on 24 February 1934 in Washington.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Jane Eleanor Datcher," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jane_Eleanor_Datcher&oldid=1015842808 (accessed April 13, 2021).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWB-DS8 : 10 March 2021), Elinor J Datcher in entry for Jane Cook, 1870.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6CW-Z3K : 19 February 2021), Ellen J Datcher in household of George F T Cook, Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 38, sheet 319C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,122.
4. ↑ Jane Eleanor Datcher: first African-American woman to obtain an advanced degree at Cornell https://blogs.cornell.edu/sipshistory/
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMFM-JQC : accessed 13 April 2021), Jane E Datcher in household of George F L Cook, Washington city, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 41, sheet 5A, family 82, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,160.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMK1-176 : accessed 13 April 2021), Jane E Datcher in household of Nancy Atwood, Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 214, sheet 7A, line 50, family 147, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 298; FHL microfilm 2,340,033.
7. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPB8-G7WX : 18 July 2020), Jane Eleanor Datcher, 1934.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNLY-QMM : 1 February 2021), Jane Datcher, 1920.

See also:

• https://eu.newarkadvocate.com/story/news/local/2021/02/20/black-history-jane-eleanor-thatcher/6740190002/