Book summaryIn this compelling oral history, the Delany sisters recall their formative years, growing up as members of a distinguished middle-class black family in Raleigh, North Carolina, and their years in New York, where Bessie became a noted dentist in the Harlem community, and Sadie was the first African-American teacher of science employed by the New York City Board of Education. Their two personalities come out as they recall difficult times and times of triumph with candor and wit. |
Having Our Say : The Delany Sisters' First 100 Yearsby DELANY, SARAH and A. ELIZABETH with AMY HILL HEARTH
Book desription: New York: Kodansha International Ltd.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. Hard Cover. 156836010X . 210 pages. 8 plates, cloth, dj, very good. Sarah Louise and Annie Elizabeth Delany were born in 1889 and 1891 respectively. The second and third of ten children, they grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, on the campus of St. Augustine's College. Their father, who was born into slavery, became America's first elected black Episcopal bishop. His daughters, after they moved to Harlem during the World War I era, were among the first African American women professionals in New York City - Sadie as a schoolteacher and Bessie as a dentist. .
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