Background
Winona Cargile was born in Columbus, Georgia in 1893, the second of four daughters of Fannie and the Review Charles Cargile.
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Winona Cargile was born in Columbus, Georgia in 1893, the second of four daughters of Fannie and the Review Charles Cargile.
Cargile graduated as salutatorian from Ballard Normal High School in Macon, Georgia in 1910.
lieutenant was the second sorority founded for and by African-American women and was influential in women"s building civic institutions and charities. In 1915, she was the first black admitted to the New York School of Philanthropy (now Columbia University"s School of Social Work), where she received a graduate fellowship for her studies. She was the first African-American hired as a social worker in New New York
He was an African Methodist Episcopal (AME) minister and Howard University divinity school graduate.
From there she went to Howard University in Washington, District of Columbia. Cargile graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1914. At Howard, Cargile was one of 22 founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority in 1913.
After graduation, Cargile was hired as a high school English teacher in Sedalia, Missouri. She received a graduate fellowship to the New York School of Philanthropy.
In 1915 she was the first black person admitted to the graduate studies program, and earned a degree in social work in 1916.
After graduation, Cargile was the first black social worker hired for New York City and New York County Charities. Cargile moved to Jacksonville, Florida when hired as a social worker the Duval County Welfare Board. They moved to Switzerland, Florida, where Edward had a law practice.
They owned and operated a citrus grove.
Cargile had two sons, Edward L., Junior. and James South. Four daughters died during birth. After her husband"s death in 1943, Alexander moved her family back to Jacksonville.
She worked in social work, first as an administrator with Travelers" Aid. She worked from 1950 until 1960 as admissions officer at Brewster Hospital.
Alexander founded the Jacksonville alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta.
She volunteered with the Young Women’s Christian Association, where she was on the board of directors, and also on the Methodist Hospital Board of Directors. She died in 1984.