African American History and Women

What's included? See note below timeline.

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Women and African American History: 1880-1889

1880

• (October 20) Lydia Maria Child died (abolitionist, writer)

• (November 11) Lucretia Mott died (Quaker abolitionist and women's rights advocate)

1881

• Tennessee passed first Jim Crow laws

• Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles founded Spelman College, the first college for African American women

1882

1883

• (November 26) Sojourner Truth died (abolitionist, women's rights proponent, minister, lecturer)

• Mary Ann Shadd Cary became the second African American woman in the United States to earn a law degree

1884

• Mary Church Terrell (then Mary Church) graduated from Oberlin College (activist, clubwoman)

1885

• (June 6) A'Lelia Walker, daughter of Madam C.J. Walker, born (activist, executive, Harlem Renaissance figure)

• Sarah Goode received the first patent awarded to an African American woman

1886

1887

1888

1889

• (January 28) Prudence Crandall died (educator)

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[Biographies of Notable African American Women]

Events in this timeline include:

• events featuring African American women
• birth and death dates for many notable African American women
• general African American events which had significant impact on African American women and families as well as men
• events involving key women whose work influenced African American history, for instance the involvement of many European American women in anti-slavery work
• birth and death dates for key women whose work was important in African American history, for instance in anti-slavery or civil rights work