1915–1964
Biography · Journalism
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
1823–1893
Canada / U.S.
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Shadd Cary founded The Provincial Freeman in Canada West, becoming the first Black woman newspaper publisher in North America. She championed education, self-reliance and abolition.
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