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Following a long career as a teacher, she retired to focus on her own creativity and art.
Alma Thomas grew up in Columbus, Georgia, then moved to Washington, D.C., in 1907 with her family.
Her home life was a constant changing environment of cultural activities, as her parents … After working in art education for several years, Alma Thomas enrolled at Howard University in Washington, DC to study costume design. Discover the real story, facts, and details of Alma Woodsey Thomas. Alma Thomas showed artistic tendencies as a child when she used local clays to make homemade puppets and sculptures. She became the first African American woman to hold a fine arts degree. National Museum of American Art. Thomas began her career as a Kindergarten teacher, but soon decided to further her education. Black Bourgeoisie: The Rise of a New Middle Class in the United States. Alma Thomas interesting facts, biography, family, updates, life, childhood facts, information and more: Stock number: 047-000-00381-4 Frazier, E. Franklin. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C. 1981. Explore Alma Woodsey Thomas's biography, personal life, family and cause of death. Alma Thomas Biography Her Work Alma Woodsey Thomas was born on September 22, 1891 in Columbus, Georgia. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office. Alma Woodsey Thomas was born on September 22, 1891, in Columbus, Georgia, she was the eldest of four daughters of John Maurice Harris, a teacher, and Amelia (Cantey) Thomas. Highly cultured and socially involved, the Thomas family owned a large Victorian home on 21st Street in Columbus's Rose Hill district, where Thomas was born and lived until the age of 15. Born in Columbus on September 22, 1891, Alma Woodsey Thomas was the eldest daughter of John Harris Thomas, a successful businessman, and Amelia Cantey, a dress designer. As a teenager, her family moved to Washington D.C. to pursue better education for their children.
In 1924 she became the first
A Life in Art: Alma Thomas 1891-1978.