Annie Elizabeth Delany, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Annie Elizabeth Delany

American dentist and activist

Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1891

Place of Birth: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Date of Death: 25-Sep-1995

Profession: dentist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Annie Elizabeth Delany

  • Annie Elizabeth "Bessie" Delany (3 September 1891 – 25 September 1995) was an American civil rights pioneer who was the subject, along with her elder sister Sarah "Sadie" Delany, of The New York Times bestselling oral history, Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, written by journalist Amy Hill Hearth.
  • Delany earned a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree from Columbia University in 1923.
  • She was the second black woman licensed to practice dentistry in New York State, and became famous, with the publication of the book, when she was aged 101.

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