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Gangbare naam: Delany, A. Elizabeth
Officiële naam: Delany, Annie Elizabeth
Delany, Bessie
Geboortedatum: 1891-09-03
Overlijdensdatum: 1995-09-25
Graflocatie: Mount Hope Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Geslacht: female
Nationaliteit: USA
Geboorteplaats: Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Plaats van overlijden: Mount Vernon, New York, USA
Woonplaatsen: Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
New York, New York, USA
Opleiding: Columbia University (DDS|1923)
Beroepen: civil rights activist
dentist
Relaties: Delany, Sarah L. (sister)
Delany, Samuel R. (nephew)
Prijzen en onderscheidingen: Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery Distinguished Alumna Award (1994)

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Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years door Sarah L. Delany

Super interesting story of an educated black family as told by two elderly sisters and their memories of how things have changed over the years.

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kslade | 19 andere besprekingen | Dec 8, 2022 |

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years door Sarah L. Delany

Read out loud to my grandmother when she was alive. She and I both loved it.

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paroof | 19 andere besprekingen | Nov 27, 2022 |

Having Our Say door Sarah L Delany and A Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth

Charming, interesting, and easy to read! I really enjoyed the perspectives of the sisters, who are from a bygone era and had a lot of wisdom to pass on. I felt I was really hearing their voices. The interstitial material about history written by the editor/ghostwriter was pretty simpleminded, though.

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Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters First 100 Years door Sarah Delany

Two sisters of mixed parentage, both over 100 years of age, share their observations on life from a unique perspective. Their father was born into slavery, but became the first black bishop in the Episcopal church, as well as vice-principal of St. Augustine's School in Raleigh, NC. Bessie was the second black woman to be licensed to practice dentistry in New York State; Sadie was a teacher. Both women chose their professions over marriage, feeling they could not do justice to both, but both also spent endless time and effort supporting members of their large family when need arose. They were active in the civil rights movement, and witnessed an incredible march of history. They lived together in Harlem for many years, and eventually moved to a predominantly white neighborhood in Mount Vernon, NY, where Bessie died at the age of 104 (about 3 years after this book was written), and Sadie died at 107. This is just irresistible.
Review written March 2016… (meer)

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