Annie Elizabeth Delany
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1891 – 1995
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Who was Annie Elizabeth Delany?
Annie Elizabeth "Bessie" Delany was an American dentist and civil rights pioneer who was the subject, along with her elder sister Sarah "Sadie" Delany, of the New York Times bestselling oral history, Having Our Say, written by journalist Amy Hill Hearth. Delany earned a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from Columbia University in 1923. She was the second Black woman licensed to practice dentistry in New York State, and became famous, with the publication of the book, when she was aged 101.
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- Born
- Sep 3, 1891
Raleigh - Also known as
- Bessie
- A. Delany
- Parents
- Siblings
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia University
- St. Augustine's University
- Died
- Sep 25, 1995
Mount Vernon - Resting place
- Mount Hope Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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