Luvenia C. Miller
{{short description|American biological photographer}}
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Luvenia C. Miller (September 14, 1909 – September 6, 1997) was an American biological photographer. She was the first African-American woman to serve as the director of the Biological Photographers Association.{{Cite book|last=Americans|first=Who's Who Among Black|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hz8OAQAAMAAJ&q=Luvenia+C+Miller,+BS|title=Who's who Among Black Americans|date=1985|publisher=Who's who among Black Americans, Incorporated, Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-915130-96-2|language=en}}
Education and career
Miller earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Home Economics from Hampton Institute in 1934, after which she taught for eight years in the North Carolina public school systems. In 1943, she enlisted in the Women's Army Corps (WAC).{{cite news |title=Leaksville Young Woman Completes Training for WACs |url=http://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn83045120/1943-10-16/ed-1/seq-3/ |accessdate=June 24, 2020 |work=The Carolina Times |date=1943}}{{Cite book|last=Webster|first=Raymond|title=African American Firsts in Science & Technology|publisher=Gale Group|year=1999|isbn=9780787638764|page=94}} Miller was an experienced photographer, and she became the first African-American woman to pass the State Board of Photographers examination, as well as the first African-American woman to serve in the photography department of the WAC.{{cite book|url=http://archives.dolemanblackheritagemuseum.org/documents/WE-The-Negro-Race-Scrap-Book.pdf|page=51|title="We" the Negro Scrap Book|editor=Doleman, Marguerite|accessdate=June 24, 2020|date=1944}} Miller exited the military as a sergeant. Following her death, she was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.{{cite web | url = https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CgZtaWxsZXISB2x1dmVuaWE-/ | accessdate = May 3, 2023 | website = ANC Explorer | title = Burial detail: Miller, Luvenia C }}
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