Delany, Sarah Louise (1889–1999)
Delany, Sarah Louise (1889–1999)
African-American memoirist. Name variations: Sadie Delany. Born Sarah Louise Delany, Sept 19, 1889, in Raleigh, North Carolina; died in Mount Vernon, NY, Jan 25, 1999; dau. of Nanny James and Henry Beard Delany (teacher and Episcopal priest); graduate of St. Augustine's College; attended Pratt Institute; Columbia University, BA, 1920, MEd, 1925; never married; no children.
As a centenarian, came to prominence with sister (1993), with publication of book Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years; also wrote The Delany Sisters' Book of Everyday Wisdom (1994); after sister died, wrote On My Own at 107 (with Amy Hill Hearth, 1997).
See also Emily Mann's Broadway play Having Our Say (1995); and Women in World History.
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