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Sarah Dudley Pettey
Sarah Dudley Pettey | |
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Sarah Dudley Pettey, 1895 | |
| Born | 1868 |
| Died | 1906 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Political Activist |
Sarah Dudley Pettey (1869-1906) was an African-American educator, writer, organist, and political activist in North Carolina.
Sarah dudley pettey biography of abraham
She devoted her life and career to increasing gender and racial equality, Christian temperance, and women's participation in the state's public sphere during the Jim Crow era.[1]
Early life
Sarah Dudley Pettey was born in 1869 in New Bern, North Carolina to Caroline Dudley and the Honorable E.R.
Dudley. Her father was a prominent politician and writer.[2]
She attended New Bern Public Schools through the sixth grade. She next attended the New Bern State Colored Normal School. At the age of thirteen, she attended Scotia Seminary in Concord, North Carolina, a school staffed and taught by northern white teachers.
She graduated from Scotia with distinction in June 1883 a