Portia Washington Pittman

Portia Marshall Washington Pittman (June 6, 1883 – February 26, 1978) was the daughter of Booker T. Washington and Fannie Smith Washington. Pittman was the first African-American to graduate from the Bradford Academy in Bradford, Massachusetts.

Biography Portia Marshall Washington was born on June 6, 1883, in Tuskegee, Alabama. She was the daughter of Booker T. and Fanny Washington. Her mother died when Portia was a young child, and her early education was away from home, mostly in New England, including at Framingham Normal School. Her secondary education included attendance at Tuskegee Institute, Wellesley College and Bradford Academy, where she graduated in 1905, the first African American to do so. and helped advocate for the preservation and monument status of her father's home. She died on February 26, 1978, in Washington, D.C. Tuskegee Institute has a fellowship named in her honor.