Dr. Flemmie Kittrell was a Black home economist whose research in the field of early childhood education shaped the way we think about child development today. She became the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in nutrition and contributed immensely to programs like Head Start — even though her name is often left out of the history.

We hear more about her life and work in a story from the podcast “Lost Women of Science,” hosted by Carol Sutton Lewis and Danya AbdelHameid.

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