Local 212 Joins Honorary Street Designation Initiative
[City of Milwaukee Street Sign Committee Chairperson and historian John Gurda pauses for a photo-op with Dr. Gloria Gilmer Honorary Street Sign Applicants and Supporters (including a strong contingent of Local 212 and Retiree Chapter leaders) after a successful hearing at Milwaukee City Hall on May 30. Photo provided by L Conley.]
Local 212 leaders and the 212 Retiree Chapter joined forces with daughter Jill Gilmore and the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority sisters of the late Gloria Ford Gilmer, PhD to obtain a special street sign designation on MATC’s Milwaukee campus to honor Dr. Gilmore’s contributions to mathematics, the City of Milwaukee, and beyond.
Dr. Gilmore was a longtime MATC math instructor and 212 member, an accomplished mathematician, researcher, educator, role model, mentor, and woman of many “firsts”:
First black woman to earn a PhD from the School of Education at Marquette University
First black high school math instructor at Milwaukee Public Schools
First black math instructor at MATC (14 years in the 1960's and 70's)
First black woman mathematician to have her research papers archived at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC
We'll keep you updated as Dr. Gilmore’s honorary street sign designation story unfolds.
Learn more about Dr. Gloria Gilmore’s life, career and accomplishments here:
