 Born in 1905 in Barbados, emigrated to the U.S. and then to Ethiopia in 1930 to be united with her African brothers and sisters. In Ethiopia, she founded Princess Zenebe Worq co-educational boarding school, the first institution to give Ethiopians woman equal opportunity to succeed in academic, music, theater, sports etc. She adopted, raised and educated more than thirty needy children with her own expenses. she co-founded the YMCA, assisted in the founding of the Girl Scout and in the re-establishment of the Boy Scout movement in Ethiopia. She was a recipient of the Edward Wilmot Blaydon Award for educational excellence by African Heritage Studies. She was a mother, a teacher, a mentor and an undisputed initial link between Ethiopians and African Americans as well as Caribbean's. Mrs. Ford's lifetime achievements are a permanent part of the exhibition at 'Schaumburg Center for Research in Black History' in New York City. Mrs. Ford passed away in 1995 and is survived by her two sons and her grand children.
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