Accomplishments
- Assistant Principal for Pupil Services, Denver Public Schools
- Dean of Girls, Denver Public Schools
- teacher, Denver Public Schools
- assistant executive secretary, Mississippi Teachers Association
- secretary, Mississippi District YWCA
- bookkeeper, Mary Potter Academy, Oxford, North Carolina
- teacher, Jackson, Mississippi Public Schools
- Life member National Education Association (NEA)
- member, Colorado Education Association
- National Association for Women Deans, Administrators & Counselors, Denver Colorado
- Denver Administrators and Supervisors Association
- Colorado-Wyoming Association for Women Deans, Administrators and Counselors
- treasurer, Denver Association of Secondary Women in Administration
- past member, Board of Trustees, Tougaloo College
- past president, National Alumni Association, Tougaloo College
- member, Delta Sigma Theta
- past president, Denver Chapter of Links, Inc.
- past member, board of directors, NAACP
- precinct committeewoman and delegate to many Democratic County and State Conventions
- Recipient of National Education Association Human Relation Award, 1974
- Who’s Who of American Women, 1958–59; Who's Who of Black Americans, 1975–1976
- Merit Award, Mississippi Teachers Association
- Achievement Award, Alpha Phi Alpha
- Finer Womanhood Award, Zeta Phi Beta
- Pioneer Citation, Delta Sigma Theta
- Testimonial Banquet and Award, Citizens Commission of Jackson, Mississippi
- Plaque of Appreciation, Tougaloo National Alumni Association, 1966
- Teacher of the Year, Denver Blade Newspaper, 1964
- President’s Award at the National Conference of Black Mayors, Inc., 2002
- William Funk Community Service Award
- Founding Chair-person of the Greater Park Hill Community's Safe Neighborhood Committee Coalition Against Drugs
- Who's Who in Black Women
- Juanita R. Gray Award for Excellence in Education
- Black women's Political Action Forum (Mississippi)
- Colorado Association of Non-Profit Organizations (CANPO), Building Community Award, 1996 Mayor Wellington Webb of Denver, Colorado declared October 17, 1996, "Gladys Noel Bates Day".
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