Flemmie Pansy Kittrell

Overview

Flemmie Pansy Kittrell born Henderson, NC December 25, 1904 (d. 1980). African-American nutrition expert; professor of home economics. Credited with US Head Start program; introduced nutrition programs in many African and Asian countries. Served on WILPF International Executive Committee when policy refocused on issues of the Third World, colonial liberation, and racism, 1959-62.

Quotations

"I’d like to think of myself as an international citizen. . . I have enjoyed knowing that human beings all over the world respond in predominantly the same ways to the problems they meet." (Aug. 29-30, 1977 Merze Tate interview in Wini Warren, Black Women Scientists in the United States, p. 168; photo Wikipedia)