Title Information
Title
Moments from Extraordinary Lives: Early Black Women Graduates at Brown University
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Knox, Amanda M.
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creator
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Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
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creator
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Perfect, Erin
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creator
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Wells, Erin
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exhibition catalogs
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Pembroke Center archivists developed this catalog in conjunction with the 2026 exhibt "Moments from an Extraordinary Life: Nellie B. Nicholson's Scrapbook." This catalog shares biographical information about Black women who graduated from Brown University between 1905 and 1945 and also includes a timeline of notable moments in Black women's history in Rhode Island and at Brown between 1866 and 1968.
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full-color PDF of exhibit catalog regarding early Black women graduated of Brown University
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Moments from Extraordinary Lives: Early Black Women Graduates at Brown University, Brown University Library
Origin Information
Date Created (keyDate="yes")
2026
Language
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eng
Language Term: Text
eng
Physical Description
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1 PDF (29 p.)
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born digital
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Collection is open for research.
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Topic
African American women athletes.
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African American women college students
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African American women teachers.
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African Americans--Suffrage
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Brown University--Alumni and alumnae
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Pembroke College (Brown University) -- Alumni and alumnae
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Women and Gender at Brown University
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Topic
Women teachers, Black
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bdr:423485
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Brown University Library, John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)