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Mary Burnett Talbert (born Mary Morris Burnett; September 17, 1866 – October 15, 1923) was an American orator, activist, suffragist and reformer. In 2005, Talbert was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
Talbert was a pioneer in international organizing efforts, gaining a voice for Black women and developing Black female leadership. With conscious intent, she bridged the generation of 19th century abolitionists and freedom seekers: Tubman, Douglass, Truth, and others, and the developing civil rights leadership of the 20th century.
16 de abr. de 2024 · Mary Burnett Talbert was an extraordinary civil rights advocate in the early 20th century, and yet her name barely registers today. University at Buffalo researcher Lillian S. Williams, an expert on U.S. social and urban history, is working to change that. A fascinating figure.
12 de ago. de 2020 · BUFFALO, N.Y. — Lillian S. Williams is writing a biography of Mary Burnett Talbert. A century separates the lives of these two women, but they share much in common: Both are educators and community activists. Both are deeply committed to the fight for social justice. Both are tireless in their work.
18 de feb. de 2009 · Learn about the life and achievements of Mary B. Talbert, the first African American woman to win the NAACP's Spingarn Award and a founding member of the Niagara Movement. She was a teacher, a club leader, a nurse, and an anti-lynching activist.
24 de jun. de 2022 · Mary Burnett Talbert was a leading African American civil rights and anti- lynching activist who also served as an educator, a nurse, and a historic preservationist. Mary Burnett was born on September 17, 1866, in Oberlin, Ohio, to Cornelius Burnett and Carolyn Nichols Burnett.
Mary Morris Burnett Talbert (1866-1923) was an African American educator, feminist, civil rights activist, and lecturer. Born on September 18, 1866, to Cornelius and Caroline (Nicholls) Burnett of Oberlin, Ohio, Mary Morris Burnett spent her childhood in the city of her birth.
