Gladys A. Moore Perdue
The first African American woman to graduate from the New England Conservatory of Music
About Gladys A. Moore Perdue
Lived 1898 – 1998 (aged 99–100). Gladys A. Moore Perdue was an American music teacher and organist.
Gladys Anne Moore Perdue (1898–1998) was an organist and instructor who was the first African American woman to graduate from the New England Conservatory of Music in 1924.
Education Perdue received a diploma in the pianoforte from the conservatory in 1924. Between 1925 and 1931, Perdue taught music at Tuskegee Institute. Perdue was a patron of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Home in Washington, D.C.
Legacy Perdue's South End home is part of the Boston Women's Heritage Trail. In 2023, she was recognized as one of "Boston’s most admired, beloved, and successful Black Women leaders" by the Black Women Lead project.
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The first African American woman to graduate from the New England Conservatory of Music
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Gladys A. Moore Perdue was born in 1898.
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Gladys A. Moore Perdue died in 1998.
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Gladys A. Moore Perdue was a music teacher and organist.
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Gladys A. Moore Perdue was American.
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