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A. Elizabeth Delany

Born

in Raleigh, North Carolina, The United States

September 03, 1891

Died

September 25, 1995

Genre

Memoir, Biography, History

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Annie Elizabeth "Bessie" Delany (3 September 1891 – 25 September 1995) was an American dentist and civil rights pioneer who was the subject, along with her elder sister Sarah "Sadie" Delany, of the New York Times bestselling oral history, Having Our Say, written by journalist Amy Hill Hearth. Delany earned a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree from Columbia University in 1923. She was the second Black woman licensed to practice dentistry in New York State, and became famous, with the publication of the book, when she was aged 101. ...more

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A. Elizabeth Delany’s books

Average rating: 4.18 · 13,970 ratings · 652 reviews · 4 distinct works

	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 — 14,220 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
	Weisheiten aus hundert Lebensjahren by Sarah L. Delany, A. Elizabeth Delany, Amy Hill Hearth (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 433 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 4.15 avg rating — 88 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, Volume 214 - #4 by Robin Cook (Goodreads Author), Carol Wallace (Goodreads Author), Greg Dinallo 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

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Quotes by A. Elizabeth Delany (?)

“I thought I could change the world. It took me a hundred years to figure out I can't change the world. I can only change Bessie. And honey, that ain't easy either.”
― Annie Elizabeth Delany

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