Klarinet Archive - Posting 000138.txt from 1999/02

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] Women and orchestras
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 01:23:32 -0500

Yesterday, the Associated Press reported the death of "Sadie" Delany at
the age of 109. She and her sister, "Bessie" Delany, had become
successful authors with their book, "Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters'
First 100 Years" when they were respectively 104 and 102 years old.
Later, they co-authored another book, "The Delany Sisters' Book of
Wisdom," and after her sister's death, Sadie had written her own book, "On
My Own at 107." Bessie was a dentist, only the second woman ever admitted
to practice dentistry in the state of New York. Sadie earned a Master's
Degree in Education from Columbia University, and became the first black
domestic-science teacher in the New York City Public Schools.

Their father was a former slave who educated himself and became
vice-principal of St. Augustine College. He had 10 children, all of whom
attended college.

These sisters faced a life of racism, officially-sanctioned segregration,
lynchings, and more. Sadie was quoted as saying, "I never let prejudice
stop me from what I wanted to do in this life."

Now there's an attitude and a woman to be admired, respected and emulated.

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu

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