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Minta Bosley Allen Trotman
1875–1949
United States
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Minta Bosley Allen Trotman (February 13, 1875 – May 3, 1949) was an African-American suffragist and community leader, who played a prominent role in "promoting the social welfare and civic participation of black Americans" through her work in Brooklyn. Her daughter Catherine Allen Latimer was the first African-American librarian at the New York Public Library.
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