Mary Church Terrell
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| Gender | Female |
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| Death | 71 years ago |
| Date of birth | September 23,1863 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Memphis |
| Tennessee | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | July 24,1954 |
| Died | Anne Arundel Medical Center |
| Inc. | |
| Spouse | Robert Heberton Terrell |
| Parents | Robert Reed Church |
| Louisa Ayers | |
| Job | Journalist |
| Education | Oberlin College |
| Books | A colored woman in a white world |
| The Progress of Colored Women: Three Civil Rights Speeches by the First Black Woman to Receive a College Education in the United States of America (H | |
| Gl Auto Jane Pitt/Rdgs Gr10 00 | |
| Gravity Girl: A Diagram of Descent, Poetry | |
| The Progress of Colored Women: Three Civil Rights Speeches by the First Black Woman to Receive a College Education in the United States of America | |
| Other name | Euphemia Kirk |
| Children | Phyllis Terrell |
| Mary Terrell Tancil Beaupreu | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 468293 |
Mary Church Terrell Life story
Mary Church Terrell was one of the first African-American women to earn a college degree, and became known as a national activist for civil rights and suffrage. She taught in the Latin Department at the M Street School —the first African American public high school in the nation—in Washington, DC.