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'Too Young To Be Old: The Story of Bertha Pitts Campbell': New Biography Documents Life of Extraordinary Activist, Historian, Pioneer in Service, Racial Equality
Thursday, July 24, 2008
RENTON, Wash., July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- "I never thought I'd live to get
this old," Bertha Adine Pitts Campbell remarked at her 91st birthday
celebration. She would go on to add nearly another decade to her eventful
life, her death in 1990 marking more than 100 years of excellence as a
pioneer, volunteer, historian and activist. Author Pauline S. Hill documents
the life of this incredible woman in her revised edition of "Too Young To Be
Old: The Story of Bertha Pitts Campbell" (published by AuthorHouse -
http://www.authorhouse.com).
Born in Winfield, Kan., in 1889, Bertha would go on to become a founder of
public service organization Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., which now boasts
more than 250,000 predominantly African-American women members; a charter
member of Seattle's Christian Friends for Racial Equality; a member of the
African Methodist Episcopal Church; and a local and national leader in the
Young Women's Christian Association. She grew up modestly, raised in Montrose,
Colo., by her maternal grandmother, Eliza Butler, who was an ex-slave and "who
doted on Bertha because she believed Bertha 'to be the one!'" Writes Hill:
Grandma Eliza, without any formal education, knew instinctively the
importance of an education. Therefore, while Bertha and she made the
rounds returning the ironing she did to support them to families, Grandma
Eliza made careful mental notes of all the kindergarten classes in the
area. Being the only Black families in Montrose, the Pitts and Grandma
Eliza Butler knew that Bertha had to excel beyond her White counterparts.
And excel she did. Bertha made a name for herself as she matriculated
through the Montrose school system, graduating from high school summa cum
laude and being named valedictorian. She received a full scholarship to
Colorado College but instead chose to attend Howard University in Washington,
D.C. It was here that Bertha's eyes were opened to an entirely new world of
challenge and possibility.
"Her thirst for knowledge was only surpassed by her thirst for information
about and interactions with and among her people whom she was experiencing en
masse for the first time in her life," Hill writes.
"Too Young To Be Old" takes readers on a memorable journey through
Bertha's battles for equality, both for women and African-Americans, and her
lifelong devotion to bettering the world through selfless service. It is the
tale of a woman who, through hard work, rose from obscurity and lives on
indefinitely as a role model for men and women of all races, ages and
backgrounds.
Author Pauline S. Hill was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., and is a graduate of
Benedict College in Columbia, S.C., the University of South Carolina and
Seattle Pacific University. She is a retired teacher, principal and education
director and has followed Bertha's path in a lifetime of service, devoting
many volunteer hours to her community and working closely with the Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority, Inc., the First African Methodist Church in Seattle, and
African-American and Kenyan Women Interconnect (AAKEWO).
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SOURCE AuthorHouse
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