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Fannie Barrier Williams (Birthday)
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Join us in commemorating the birthday of Fannie Barrier Williams. Fannie was an educator, political activist, and women’s rights advocate. In 1907, she was the only Black woman to eulogize Susan B. Anthony at the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) convention. Also, she helped found the NAACP in 1909.
Learn more:
-- BlackPast: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/williams-fannie-barrier-1855-1944/
-- ISU: https://awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/directory/frances-barrier-williams/
-- RRLC: https://rrlc.org/winningthevote/biographies/fannie-barrier-williams/
-- SPC: https://www.splcenter.org/news/2019/06/01/weekend-read-challenging-whitewashed-history-womens-suffrage/
-- LOC: https://www.loc.gov/exhibitions/women-fight-for-the-vote/about-this-exhibition/more-to-the-movement/fannie-barrier-williams/
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