, Mrs. Pettey is a woman
of great acquired ability. She reads the classics well, has
a taste for the higher mathematics. She is a student of
current events and a close observer of human nature. Upon
graduating at Scotia Seminary she was, in October of the
same year, tendered the position as second assistant in the
New Berne graded school. Next year she was promoted to
vice-principal, which position she held with credit and
honor until she was married. For two successive summers she
taught in the Craven County Teachers' Institute.

As a teacher, she was able, brilliant and magnetic. Popular
with her associates, she was loved and honored by her
pupils. She ruled with kindness and love, and punished with
a flash of her eye. Well versed in the theory and practice
of teaching, she soon won the sobriquet "Model Teacher."

She is a gifted musician; and for several years was the
organist for one of the most prominent churches in her
native city. On the morning of September 19, 1889, she was
married to Bishop Charles Calvin Pettey, A. M., D. D.
Immediately after her marriage she became the private
secretary of her husband; and with him traveled extensively
in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Great Britain and
Continental Europe. She is an able writer and eloquent
speaker.

For several years she has been General Secretary of the
Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the A. M. E.
Zion Church. As wife, mother and Christian worker, Sarah
Dudley Pettey is a model woman, endeavoring to lead men and
women upward and Heaven-ward.

Woman's part in the consummation of any project which has to do with
the elevation of mankind is of paramount importance. With her
influence eliminated or her work minimized failure is inevitable. This
is true regardless of race or nationality. In the civilization and
enlightenment of the Negro race its educated women must be the potent
factors. The difficulties that the Negro must labor under, in his
effort to rise, are manifold and peculiar. The critics of the Negro
have assaulted him at the most vital point, viz., character. In their
onslaught they have assailed the morals of the entire race. To meet
this criticism the Negro must establish a character of high morals,
which will stand out so conspicuously that even his bitterest foe will
acknowledge its