From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

Edith Stubblefield Washington was born in Almo, KY. She grew up in Toledo, OH, and spent summers with relatives in Kentucky. She is a Certified Construction Specifier. In 1997 Washington was named the first African American woman Fellow of the Construction Specifications Institute, becoming in June 2003 its first African American woman president. She has been active in the construction industry for more than 30 years and has owned and operated her own consulting firm, Stubblefield Group, Inc., since 1994. She is a specifications consultant for architectural and engineering firms in the United States and abroad.

For more see Edith Stubblefield Washington in Jet, 25 August 1997, p.20; L. Deen, "Edith Washington: from carpenter's helper to head of the CSI," BlackEngineer.com, 02/05/04; Who's Who Among African Americans, vols. 11-17; "Black History Month—Spotlight on Edith S. Washington, CSI’s First African American President" By CSI HQ posted 02-15-2022 (online); see Edith Stubblefield Washington in Black Firsts, 3rd ed by Jessie Carney Smith; Krista Berns, "A clear perspective." Professional Roofing, Februaty 2004 (online).