Jessie McGuire Dent
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 76 years ago |
Date of birth | March 24,1891 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Galveston |
Texas | |
United States | |
Date of died | March 12,1948 |
Died | Galveston |
Texas | |
United States | |
Founded | Delta Sigma Theta |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 844817 |
Jessie McGuire Dent Life story
Jessie McGuire Dent was one of the 22 founders of the Black sorority Delta Sigma Theta. After graduation from Howard University, and years of teaching high school in her hometown of Galveston, Texas, she successfully sued the Galveston independent school district for unequal pay of Black teachers.