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This set of images features African American women educators, activists, and philanthropists.
Josephine A. Silone Yates, educator and. activist and club woman seated before studio backdrop. (1885)Bust portrait of educator and activist, Fannie Barrier Williams (1855-1944).Portrait of journalist, Lillian Parker Thomas, standing before studio backdrop. (1890)Hallie Quinn Brown, educator and activist, cape draped on shoulder and wearing gloves. (1888)Portrait of educator and civic leader, Maria “Molly” Baldwin] / Elmer Chickering. (1885)Mamie Westmorland, school teacher; half-length portrait, with left hand to cheek, facing front. (1899)Portrait of educator, Laura A. Moore Westbrook. (1873)Portrait of educator, orator, religious leader, civil rights activist, feminist, and businesswoman in the United States. (1879)
Images Courtesy of the Library Congress, Public Domain Images