Gloria Cecelia Ray Karlmark (born September 26, 1942) was one of the Little Rock Nine

Little Rock Nine

The Little Rock Nine was a group of African-American students who were enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. The ensuing Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus, and then...

. She was 15 when she attempted to enter Little Rock Central High School. In 1965, she graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1965 with a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry and Mathematics. During her life, Karlmark served as a documentation expert for a Dutch company and editor of a European computer magazine. She was also awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.