Klarinet Archive - Posting 000186.txt from 1999/02
From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com> Subj: Re: [kl] Women and orchestras Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 20:28:25 -0500
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From: Edwin V. Lacy <el2@-----.edu>
Date: Thursday, February 04, 1999 12:27 AM
Subject: [kl] Women and orchestras
>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.
I agree totally. These ladies did not sit and whine but when out and DID
things.
Dee Hays
Canton, SD
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