Tossie Whiting

Tossie Permelia Frances Whiting (1879 – April 23, 1958) was an American educator, and Dean of Women at Virginia State University from 1919 to 1936.

[2] In 1901, Whiting was named a commissioner of the Negro Young People's Christian and Educational Congress.

[3] Whiting worked at Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute from 1904[4] until 1948, when she retired.

[6] In 1945, she received an honorary doctorate from Virginia Union University, at a commencement ceremony where W. E. B. DuBois was the speaker.

A small collection of her papers are archived at Virginia Union University.