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Alfreda M. Duster (née Barnett; September 3, 1904 – April 2, 1983) was an American social worker and civic leader in Chicago.
13 de may. de 2020 · By Alfreda M. Duster | May 13, 2020 Ida B. Wells is an American icon of truth telling. Born to slaves, she was a pioneer of investigative journalism, a crusader against lynching, and a tireless advocate for suffrage, both for women and for African Americans.
Alfreda Duster. As social worker, mother, and civic leader, Alfreda Barnett Duster worked tirelessly to improve conditions in her neighborhood and community and to provide an environment capable of enriching and nourishing the lives of all people, especially the young.
21 de jul. de 2021 · Alfreda Marguerita Barnett Duster was born in 1904 in Chicago. She was the youngest daughter of Ida Wells-Barnett. Duster earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago in 1924 and went on to work in her father’s law practice, where she met and married Ben Duster.
“She fought a lonely and almost single-handed fight, with the single-mindedness of a crusader, long before men or women of any race entered the arena; and the measure of success she achieved goes far beyond the credit she has been given in the history of the country.”—Alfreda M. Duster
13 de may. de 2020 · Ida B. Wells (1862–1931) was an African American journalist, newspaper editor, and abolitionist. Alfreda M. Duster (1904–1983), daughter of Ida B. Wells, was a social worker, mother, and civic...
Alfreda Barnett Duster (1904–1983) was a social worker and community activist in Chicago. She is the daughter of civil rights leaders Ida B. Wells and Ferdinand L. Barnett. Duster served as the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Coordinator, assigned to the Southside Community Committee.
