Editing Emily Howland (section)

{{Short description|American philanthropist (1827–1929)}}
{{use dmy dates |date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Emily Howland
| image              = EMILY HOWLAND A woman of the century (page 408 crop).jpg
| caption            = Portrait of Emily Howland from ''[[A Woman of the Century]]''
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1827|11|20}}
| birth_place        = [[Sherwood, New York]]
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1929|06|29|1827|11|20}}
| occupation         = philanthropist, humanitarian, abolitionist, educator
| mother             = Hannah Tallcot
| father             = Slocum Howland
}}

'''Emily Howland''' (November 20, 1827 &ndash; June 29, 1929) was a [[philanthropy|philanthropist]], humanitarian, and educator. She supported the education of African-Americans. She was also a strong supporter of [[women's rights]] and the [[temperance movement]].  Howland personally financed the education of many black students and contributed to institutions such as the [[Tuskegee Institute]],<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Locke|first1=Mamie E.|title=Emily Howland|journal=American National Biography Online|date=February 2000|url=http://www.anb.org/articles/15/15-00350.html|access-date=2 March 2017}}</ref> [[Henry Damon Davidson]]'s [[Centerville Industrial Institute]],<ref>{{cite web | title=Henry D. Davidson letter to Emily Howland | website=TriCollege Libraries Digital Collections| url=https://digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/object/sc198556 | access-date=2025-03-22}}</ref> and [[Kowaliga Institute]] in [[Kowaliga, Alabama]], where Howland Hall was named for her.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H9qSrfyjnyUC&dq=Emily+Howland+kowaliga&pg=PA63 | title=Booker T. Washington and the Art of Self-representation | isbn=9781433100109 | last1=Bieze | first1=Michael | year=2008 | publisher=Peter Lang }}</ref>