Jewel Freeman Graham

She was professor emeritus of social work and legal studies at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio.

[6] After earning her undergraduate degree, she served as associate director of the YWCA teen program department in Grand Rapids, Michigan, from 1947 to 1950.

[citation needed] She served as vice-president from 1973 to 1979 and was elected president of the YWCA USA in 1979, the second black woman to fill that post.

[6] She was elected president of the World YWCA in 1987, being the second black woman in that post,[6] and served a five-year term until 1991.

[2][7] Graham joined the administrative faculty at Antioch College in 1964[12] and directed the Program for Interracial Education from 1965 to 1969.

After passing the Ohio bar, she helped develop a curriculum at Antioch that combined social work and legal studies.

[6] In 1962, Paul Graham was involved in a racial segregation issue with a local barber who refused to cut his hair and who was subsequently served with a cease and desist order.