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Fannie Barrier Williams

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American activist (1855-1944)

United StatesWritersLived 1855 to 1944 · aged 89
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Frances Barrier Williams was an American educator, civil rights and women's rights activist, and the first black woman to gain membership to the Chicago Woman's Club. She became well known for her efforts to have black people officially represented on the Board of Control of the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893.

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Frances Barrier Williams was an American educator, civil rights and women's rights activist, and the first black woman to gain membership to the Chicago Woman's Club. She became well known for her efforts to have black people officially represented on the Board of Control of the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. She was also a musician and portraitist, and studied foreign languages.

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Lived 1855 to 1944 · aged 89
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