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.