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Sarah L. Delany

Born

in Lynch's Station, Campbell County, Virginia, The United States

September 19, 1889

Died

January 25, 1999

Genre

Memoir, Biography, History

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Sarah Louise "Sadie" Delany (September 19, 1889 – January 25, 1999) was an African-American educator and civil rights pioneer who was the subject, along with her younger sister Elizabeth "Bessie" Delany, of the New York Times bestselling oral history, Having Our Say, by journalist Amy Hill Hearth. Sadie was the first Black person permitted to teach domestic science at the high-school level in the New York public schools, and became famous, with the publication of the book, at the age of 103. ...more

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	Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years by Sarah L. Delany, A. Elizabeth Delany, Amy Hill Hearth (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 14,314 ratings — published 1993 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On My Own at 107: Reflections on Life Without Bessie by Sarah L. Delany, Amy Hill Hearth (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 484 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Delany Sisters' Book of Everyday Wisdom by Sarah L. Delany, Philip Turner (Editor), Amy Hill Hearth (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 439 ratings — published 1994 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years - A Play by Emily Mann (Adaptor), Sarah L. Delany, A. Elizabeth Delany 4.14 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 1996	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reader's Digest Condensed Books, 1994 #214: Fatal Cure / The Wrong House / Red Ink / Having Our Say by Robin Cook (Goodreads Author), Amy Hill Hearth (Goodreads Author), Carol Wallace (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Having Our Say / Strictly Diplomatic / Surface At the Pole [Large-type Reader] (Volume 5 1994) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“As long as you can see each day as a chance for something new to hapen, something you never experienced before, you'll stay young.”
― Sarah Delany, The Delany Sisters' Book of Everyday Wisdom

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“Life is short, and it's up to you to make it sweet.”
― Sarah L. Delany, Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years - A Play

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“Folks can't take advantage of you if you're doing what you want to.”
― Sarah Delany, The Delany Sisters' Book of Everyday Wisdom

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