Lucy Diggs Slowe, who made history as an African American woman in academia, lived with her partner, Mary Burrill, in the nation's capital until her death.
Lucy Diggs Slowe, seated at right, with her partner, Mary Burrill, in the yard at their house in Washington's Brookland neighborhood. Slowe was the first dean of women at Howard University.
The two friends never publicly identified as lovers, and the true nature of their relationship is, to this day, open to interpretation. But one thing is clear: The two women quietly devoted their lives to one another long before the public acceptance of same-sex couples. And even after Howard University officials tried to force Slowe to move onto campus, she fought for her right to remain in her home — with Burrill.
Slowe and Burrill met when Slowe was a third-year student at Baltimore High School, where Burrill taught at the time, according to a eulogy written by Burrill. They later became colleagues, teaching at the same high school in Washington, and by about 1918 they were living together on T Street in Northwest Washington, according to the book “Faithful to the Task at Hand: The Life of Lucy Diggs Slowe,” by Carroll L.L. Miller and Anne S. Pruitt-Logan.
Still, there are almost no letters left between Burrill and Slowe, despite the fact that they lived apart for the first several years of their relationship, and despite their careful record-keeping in other aspects of their lives. That absence “speaks volumes,” Beemyn said, to the couple’s desire to keep their personal life a secret.
While the university officials never discussed Burrill as a factor in their decision, Beemyn wonders whether the couple’s relationship may have played a role. Slowe, meanwhile, emphasized the financial loss she would suffer by selling her Brookland home. She was ultimately allowed to continue living in the home with Burrill, and she remained there until her death from a kidney disease in 1937.
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