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MOSS, Ernestine
MOSS, Ernestine. (Milwaukee, WI- ). Civil rights advocate. Moss succeeded Ralph Watkins in February 1990 as president of the Dubuque chapter of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE (N.A.A.C.P.). She was a founder and president from 1982 to 1984 of the Parent Teacher Association (P.T.A.) at DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL and was state AIDS chairperson for the P.T.A. until April 1991.
Moss came to Dubuque in 1976 with the Iowa Department of Human services as a day care consultant/ project manager for Jackson and Dubuque counties. As a project manager, Moss developed contracts with agencies that desired to sell a service to the State of Iowa. As a day care consultant, she assisted in the licensing of day care centers and preschools.