
Link Katie Murphy Greene
Link Katie Murphy Greene, the daughter of Sidney and Belle Glascow
Murphy, was born in Eugaula, Alabama. At a young age, she moved to
Washington, D.C. where she attended Miner Normal School and Howard
University. For a short time she taught kindergarten in Washington.
After her marriage to Dr. Harry J. Greene in 1929, she moved to
Philadelphia where she resumed her career as a dedicated kindergarten
teacher and soon earned her B.A. degree from Temple University.
She was a life member of the NAACP, supporting her husband in his long
service as president of the Philadelphia NAACP. She was also a member of
the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company, Heritage House, and the Fellowship
Commission.
From 1949 to 1950 she served as Basileus of the Omega Omega Chapter of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, and was for many years a trustee of her
church, the A.M. E. Union Church.
Link Greene was the third president of the Philadelphia Chapter. She
also served as The Links' first national public relations officer and
was chairman of the Eastern Area Conference help in Philadelphia in
1964.
Stylish, scintillating, and hard working, Link Katie Greene was awarded
a gold bracelet at the 1969 Assembly for her unmatched record of
attendance at every assembly for twenty years. She died in 1973.
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