Clara Ann Howard

Her father was born in slavery and bought his own freedom before Emancipation; he was literate, and a skilled carriage maker.

In 1890, she joined the Women's Baptist Foreign Missionary Society,[6] and was stationed at Lukunga in the Congo for the next five years.

Spelman's president, Lucy Hale Tapley, commended Howard, saying "Very few women could carry her work as well as she does.

"[4] Howard raised funds for African mission work through her later years, and provided particular support to several young Congolese women who were students at Spelman.

[1] Howard-Harreld Hall at Spelman College, a dormitory opened in 1968, was named for Clara Ann Howard and Claudia White Harreld.