Olive F. Wiley
AfricanAmerican civil rights activist
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Olive F. Wiley (née Thomas) (July 12, 1902 - July 1993)[1][2] was an African American civil rights activist and education administrator born in Warwick, Rhode Island. Wiley was a founder and president of the Mt. Hope Day Care (now Mount Hope YMCA Child Care Center).[3] She met her husband William Wiley (editor), in Providence, Rhode Island in 1921, and they were married in 1925.[4]
In 1985, Olive and William Wiley were jointly inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame.[5][2]
Her son was civil rights activist George Alvin Wiley, and her granddaughter is civil rights activist Maya Wiley.
