Jeffie Conner is remembered as one of the most influential professional women of Waco and McLennan County. She was born during the years of Jim Crow laws, segregation, and unequal opportunities for women, but she managed to have an extremely successful career, supporting herself for the majority of her life. After years of working in segregated schools, she lived to see her niece, Vivienne Lucille Malone-Mayes, become the first black female faculty member at Baylor University.