Miss Africa
"Miss
Africa looks to the future
with the hope that all humankind
will be free and at peace."
This painting, by Thelma Caldwell, resident of Brooks-Howell Home, is available for purchase, in print form.
The size is
size 16" X 20"
Cost $15 each print - for price of multiple copies contact Nancy Garrison.
Mailing cost $1.50
Make check payable to Brook-Howell Home
Mail to:
Attn: Administrator
Brooks-Howell Home
266 Merrimon avenue
Asheville, NC 28801-1218
E. Thelma
McCrae Caldwell was born October 21, 1012 in Rockingham, NC. She
received a B.A. Degree in 1933 from Shaw University in Raleigh
and did further study at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA,
Miami University, Oxford, OH, and Columbus Ohio University. She
was married 56 years to Ernest B. Caldwell, an educator and real
estate investor. She served with the YWCA on local, state, and
national levels in several capacities, including in Asheville,
where she was Executive Director from 1965 to 1975. She was
instrumental in the interracial merger of two facilities, and was
the second black executive director in the nation and the first
in the south. In 1997, the YWCA dedicated the Thelma Caldwell
Playground in her honor.
In 1975, Thelma traveled to Papua, New Guinea where she assisted
the native women in extensive training, enabling them to assume
leadership of their own programs. In 1977 she was appointed to
the US Commission of Civil Rights. She has received many
community awards for her work. She is currently a resident in the
Outreach program of Brooks-Howell Home. Thelma's hobbies include
painting, with African-American culture being her favorite.
The major portion of what Thelma Caldwell receives in these sales goes to the Brooks-Howell Home Endowment Fund.