Dr. Mary Fitzbutler Waring (1869-1958), physician, educator and civil rights activist

This biosketch was written by Dr. Carol Mattingly, Professor Emerita of English at the University of Louisville. For her full project on “African American Women and Suffrage in Louisville,” visit https://arcg.is/1O8muW.

Ella Robinson

Portrait of Ella Russell Robinson (1881-1963), a social worker, who was president and recording secretary for the Kentucky Association of Colored Women's Clubs as well as a regular orator at the National Association of Colored Women. In this photo she was commemorated for serving as the Kentucky president for the Frederick Douglass Home Memorial and Historical Association.

Call for Books: Frederick Douglass Book Prize

The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History are pleased to announce the twentieth annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize, an annual award for the most outstanding non-fiction book in English copyrighted in the year 2017 on the subject of slavery, resistance, and/or abolition. Beginning on January 2, 2018, we invite you to submit books that meet these criteria.

Call for Books: Frederick Douglass Book Prize

The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History are pleased to announce the twentieth annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize, an annual award for the most outstanding non-fiction book in English copyrighted in the year 2017 on the subject of slavery, resistance, and/or abolition. Beginning on January 2, 2018, we invite you to submit books that meet these criteria. Please do not begin sending books prior to this date.

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