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Gertrude Bustill Mossell (Birthday)
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Join us celebrating the birthday of Gertrude Bustill Mosell. Gertrude wrote a weekly advice column, "Our Women's Department," which was the 1st women's column in the history of the African-American press. She fought for equal rights and encouraged women to join the suffragist movement.
Learn more:
-- Article: https://suffragistmemorial.org/african-american-women-leaders-in-the-suffrage-movement
-- Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=CHx5tY6wQSMC&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&dq=Gertrude+Bustill+Mossell&source=bl&ots=W1sLIooEOO&sig=ACfU3U1M6Q9DfnX2OJmLRn4pJBdGJaT7yQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi1hL-J18zpAhURC6wKHbR1CXc4FBDoATAFegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=Gertrude%20Bustill%20Mossell&f=false
-- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Bustill_Mossell
-- Penn University Archive: https://archives.upenn.edu/collections/finding-aid/upt50m913
-- NPS: https://www.nps.gov/articles/african-american-women-and-the-nineteenth-amendment.htm
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