Mary Church Terrell
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Mary Church Terrell was a pioneering African American civil rights activist, educator, and suffragist who helped lead early 20th-century struggles against racial and gender discrimination.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Eliza Church Terrell | 1 |
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights activist
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educator ⓘ human ⓘ suffragist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Arts
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Master of Arts ⓘ |
| awardReceived | honorary degree from Howard University ⓘ |
| birthName | Mary Eliza Church ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, Maryland, United States ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cardiovascular disease ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1863-09-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1954-07-24 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Antioch College
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surface form:
Antioch College (preparatory studies)
Oberlin College ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | African American ⓘ |
| familyName | Church Terrell ⓘ |
| father |
Robert Church
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surface form:
Robert Reed Church
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| fieldOfWork |
civil rights
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education ⓘ racial equality ⓘ women's suffrage ⓘ |
| fullName |
Mary Church Terrell
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Mary Eliza Church Terrell
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| genre | autobiography ⓘ |
| givenName | Mary ⓘ |
| honoredIn | Mary Church Terrell House National Historic Landmark in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for Black women's suffrage
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campaigns against lynching ⓘ campaigns against segregation in Washington, D.C. ⓘ early activism in the NAACP ⓘ leadership in the National Association of Colored Women ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
National American Woman Suffrage Association
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NAACP ⓘ
surface form:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Association of Colored Women ⓘ |
| middleName | Eliza ⓘ |
| mother | Louisa Ayers Church ⓘ |
| movement |
National Association of Colored Women
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surface form:
Black women's club movement
American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form:
civil rights movement
women's suffrage movement ⓘ |
| notableEvent | helped desegregate restaurants in Washington, D.C. through lawsuits and protests in the 1950s ⓘ |
| notableWork | A Colored Woman in a White World ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Annapolis
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surface form:
Annapolis, Maryland, United States
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| positionHeld |
charter member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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founding president of the National Association of Colored Women ⓘ member of the Washington, D.C. Board of Education ⓘ president of the National Association of Colored Women ⓘ |
| religion | Methodism ⓘ |
| residence |
Washington, D.C.
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surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
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| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Robert Heberton Terrell ⓘ |