Winifred Latimer Norman

Norman was a social worker by profession, and lived in New York City. She represented the Latimer family at various events and commemorations throughout her life.^[6] She and her brother Gerald^[7] helped to lead the effort to preserve the Lewis H. Latimer House in Flushing;^[8][9] their grandfather's home, where they played as children,^[10] is now a museum on the National Register of Historic Places.^[11] She and her brother were honored by the Duquesne Light Company in 1989, for their work in bringing Latimer's story to a new generation.^[12] She co-wrote a middle-grades book about her grandfather,^[13] Lewis Latimer: Scientist (1994, with Lily Patterson, foreword by Coretta Scott King).^[14][15]

Norman was active in religious organizations, and served on the board of trustees of the Unitarian Universalist Association.^[16] She was a member of the International Association for Religious Freedom and the International Association for Liberal Religious Women.^[17] The Fourth Universalist Society in the City of New York, where she was a member, created a Winifred Latimer Norman Award in the Area of Social Justice in her honor.^[18]

Norman was a charter member of the North Manhattan chapter of Delta Sigma Theta.^[19][20]

Norman died in 2014, aged 99 years, in New York City.^[5] Her papers are included in the Latimer Family Papers at the Queens Public Library.^[21][22]