
She has written ten books since the publication of Having Our Say, which was her first book. Their father, born into slavery and freed by the Emancipation, was an administrator at the college and America’s first elected Black Episcopal bishop. Elizabeth received her degree in dentistry from Columbia University and was the second Black woman licensed to practice dentistry in New York City.Īmy Hill Hearth is an American nonfiction author, novelist, and journalist whose work focuses on forgotten or overlooked voices and extraordinary stories from the past. A Elizabeth Delany (1891–1995) and her sister Sarah were born in Raleigh, North Carolina, on the campus of St. Elizabeth received her degree in dentistry from Columbia University and was the second Black woman licensed to practice dentistry in New York City.ĭr. Sarah received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Teachers College at Columbia University and was New York City’s first appointed Black home economics teacher on the high school level. Their father, born into slavery and freed by the Emancipation, was an administrator at the college and America’s first elected Black Episcopal bishop. A Elizabeth Delany (1891–1995) were born in Raleigh, North Carolina, on the campus of St.
