Two families of women who portrayed Aunt Jemima say they oppose Quaker Oats' plans to rename the brand and change the iconic figure.
Ethel Ernestine Harper, the last real woman whose face appeared on the brand, later became a celebrated teacher of Black history through schools, the Girl Scouts and as a topical radio host in her adopted hometown of Morristown, New Jersey, reported theHarper was born in 1903 in Alabama, where she grew up and earned a college degree at age 17, worked as a teacher and was president of the Birmingham City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs before moving to New York to pursue a career in...
Contributing: William Westhoven, Morristown Daily Record; Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal
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