Victoria, British Columbia (November 16, 1862 -December 19, 1957) age 95 yrs

Ida Alexander Gibbs-Hunt was a teacher, Pan-Africanist, and civil rights leader. She was an advocate of racial and gender equality. She co-founded one of the first YWCAs in Washington, D.C. for African Americans in 1905. Internationally, she helped support W.E.B. DuBois in organizing many Pan-African Congresses beginning in 1919. Though DuBois is recognized as the leader of the Pan-African movement, Gibbs-Hunt was the major organizer behind the 1919 conference. She was also an influential member of the Executive Committee in subsequent years. She advocated for world disarmament and for the appointment of black representatives at the 1923 London 3^rd Pan African Congress. Along with W.E.B. DuBois, she co-chaired the Conference’s Executive Committee. She completed her college education at Oberlin College in 1884, receiving both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English.  One of her friends at Oberlin College was the famous civil rights and women’s rights leader, Mary Church Terrell.