Alice Allison Dunnigan Has a statue in Pennsylvania

 

1.     ALICE ALLISON DUNNIGAN

Born 1906 in Kentucky

Died 1983  

 

First black American woman correspondent to receive White House credentials. First black female member of the senate and House of Representatives press galleries. Also the head of the Associated Negro Press Washington bureau for 14 years.

 

·         Statue: located at the Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC

·         Statue: Alice Dunnigan Memorial Park in Russellville, Kentucky

·         Statue: at the SEEK Museum, 511 East 6^th Street, Russellville, Kentucky

·         HISTORICAL MARKER: Park Square, E. Jefferson Davis Hwy, Russellville, Kentucky

·         PARK: Alice Dunnigan Memorial Park is located in the Russellville Historic District

 

   This has been an excerpt of the book "Statues of Real Women" available for purchase in the sidebar: or via this link: https://amzn.to/3rmpFGe

http://www.wkms.org/post/newseum-display-statue-kentuckys-dunnigan-first-african-american-woman-cover-congress

Accessed July 10, 2019

http://www.kywomenshistoryproject.com/alice-allison-dunnigan/

Accessed July 10, 2019

https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/trailblazing-journalists/alice-dunnigan-trailblazing-african-american-journalist/

Accessed July 11, 2019

https://www.seekmuseum.org/

Accessed July 11, 2019