received the William E. Harmon Award for Distinguished Achievement among Negroes. In 1930 she took part in the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection. She served as the president of the Virginia State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs for twenty-five years. She chaired the executive board of the National Association of Colored Women for four years. Barrett retired in 1940. She died in Hampton on August 27, 1948. In 1950 Barrett's training school was renamed the Janie Porter Barrett School for Girls. It became racially integrated in 1965. The Virginia Industrial School existed as the Barrett Learning Center until 2005. References External links Janie Porter Barrett at the Virginia Historical Society. 1865 births 1948 deaths African-American academics African-American suffragists American suffragists Schoolteachers from Georgia (U.S. state) American social workers People from Athens, Georgia People from Hampton, Virginia Educators from Virginia 19th-century American women educators 19th-century American educators 20th-century American educators 20th-century American women educators 20th-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people