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    Black Women's History

    Black Women's History

    Most records of Black Women's History are found in records of family, church, and clubs.

    NEVER RECONCILED

    NEVER RECONCILED

    My book, Mother of Orphans: The True and Curious Story of Irish Alice, A Colored Man's Widow, finds these two old women much younger and very much at odds over Polly, who in this photo and in life was stuck in the middle of two worlds.

    Capital District Area Library, March 202

    Capital District Area Library, March 202

    Me giving Women's History presentation at Capital Area District Library downtown Lansing library in March 2020.

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