Category: African-American Women

  Basic Information Mary Ann Cary, who is also referred to as Mary Ann Shadd Cary, was born on October 9, 1823 and passed on the 5th of June in 1893. Cary was a Black feminist and activist. She was a teacher, a journalist, an editor, and a lawyer later in life. Cary dedicated her…

Basic Information Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was born in Baltimore, Maryland September 24, 1825 and passed away February 22, 1911. Harper was known as the “Mother of African American journalism” (Atlas, 2019). She was an educator, writer, mother, abolitionist, and advocate for social reform. She is greatly recognized for her numerous poems published starting at…

  Basic Information Nellie Griswold Francis was an African American suffragist born November 7, 1874 in Nashville Tennessee. She was the daughter of Maggie Seay and Thomas Garris Griswold. Francis already had a history of slavery and activism in her family when she was born. Francis’ grandmother, Nellie Seay, was a slave to a congressman…

Basic Information During a time when the world needed brave souls, Harriet Forten Purvis was born. Along with her family, she made leaps and bounds in the abolition movement. Not only did she provide a good life for her immediate family, but she cared for distant family as well. Her life goal was not to…

Basic Information Anna Julia Haywood Cooper the “Mother of Black feminism” was born on August 10, 1858 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Cooper was best known as an educator, speaker and one of the most influential female Black liberation activists, who brought to the forefront the importance of education in the uplifting of the Black community.…

Basic Information  Maria Stewart was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1803, although the exact date of her birth is unknown. She is known for being active in the abolitionist movement as well as challenging public thought about a woman’s role in society before the feminist movement had officially begun. Maria Stewart is known for speeches…

      Basic Information Mary Church Terrell was born on September 23, 1863 in Memphis, Tennessee. Terrell was an African American educator and activist who would become the first president of the National Association of Colored Women or NACW. Terrell advocated throughout her career for suffrage as a woman’s right as a citizen as…