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Naomi Pollard Dobson

1883–1971

United States

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Naomi Willie Pollard Dobson (October 11, 1883 – August 14, 1971) was an American librarian, educator, and civic leader based in Chicago and Sioux City, Iowa. In 1905, she became the first Black woman to graduate from Northwestern University.

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