Lucy Diggs Slowe (July 4,1885--October 21,1937) was the first black women to serve as Dean of Women at any American University and the first Dean of Women at Howard University.
Lucy Diggs Slowe (July 4,1885--October 21,1937) was one of the original sixteen founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, the first sorority founded by African-American women. In 1922, Slowe was appointed the first Dean of Women at Howard University.