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In search of a lost Photo of the Marriage of Rev. Jefferson Ransom & Amanda (Bondusant-Brooks)
Jefferson and Amanda are the Grandparents of Ethel Louise Ransom.
I am the Great-Great Granddaughter of Jefferson & Amanda.
If anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate any information or point of contact avail.
Thank You..
http://www.kshs.org/research/collections/documents/personalpapers/findingaids/brownvboard/BrownPart81Bios.htm#Parks
Ethel L. Parks
Ethel Louise Ransom was born on April 18, 1920, in Topeka, Kansas. She is the daughter of Jenny B. Collins and James Louis Ransom. Her father was a medical doctor; his father was a minister. Doctor Ransom provided medical care to most of the African American Community in Topeka. As a result her family achieved prominence within the city. After her parents divorced, Ethel Louise lived with her grandmother in Salina, Kansas until her second year of high school. Her years in Salina were marred by racism. In high school she was not allowed to participate in gym class because of racial discrimination. Still in her teens she moved to Pasadena, California, to live with her mother and finish high school.
Ethel Louise returned to Topeka, after graduating from high school, to live with her father and to attend Washburn University. At age 21 she married James Woodson, whom she met in college, and traveled with him during his military served in the U.S. Army. After World War II, the couple settled in Topeka. Her husband completed law school at Washburn University and they started a family. Their two children, Sharon Louise and James Ransom, would have very different educational experiences. Sharon attended segregated elementary schools until 1954. She completed elementary school at the newly integrated Quinton Heights where her brother would later attend Kindergarten through sixth grade.
While her husband began his private law practice, Ethel Louise completed her degree and began teaching remedial reading in the Topeka Public School system. After the Brown decision of 1954, her husband was elected to the School Board. He died November 3, 1982. Later Ethel Louise remarried and relocated to Kansas City, Missouri. Her second husband Arthur Parks died February 17, 1997. She still resides in Kansas City. Her daughter, Sharon, lives in Los Angeles, California, and her son also lives in California.
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