Doris May, of Philadelphia, Jeanne Noble of Albany, Georgia and Rosalind Murray of Washington, D.C., attend the Dean’s Garden Party at Howard University in May 1946. This annual affair, hosted by Susie A. Elliott, Dean of Women, was held on the lawn facing the women’s dormitories for mothers of the graduates and alumni and friends of the university. The event was featured in the October 1946 edition of the Howard University Bulletin.