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Contributions to Education
Whipper's graduating class (Avery Normal School, class of 1944) applied to College of Charleston (CofC) in an early attempt to desegregate the College; they were unsuccessful. Whipper served as a teacher and administrator in various Charleston County school districts for several years. She was also chosen as CofC's first Black administrator in 1972 as part of the College's affirmative action plan. Whipper was serving as the Head of Human Relations when she and Margaretta Childs wanted to save the vacated site of her former school, the Avery Normal Institute. Whipper was dedicated to the project and saved the site with the assistance of LINKS, a national service of African American women. Whipper also assisted in the establishment of the Avery Research Center for American History and Culture in 1990. Whipper was also involved in the creation and maintenance of AIAAH&C. Its main goal was to perform research about and inform the community of the entire Black experience in the Low Country. Invitations were sent out to anyone wanting to participate, regardless of race, gender, and socioeconomic status.

Political Achievements
Whipper was elected on August 5, 1986, as Charleston's first Black woman legislator. She represented House District 109, which contained Georgetown County to the Cooper River. She was part of the assembly voting on a marital rape bill that was eventually passed in 1989. She wanted people to know that marital rape was a "family issue" and not just "a woman's issue".