Rosalyn Terborg-Penn
Rosalyn Terborg-Penn (October 22, 1941 – December 25, 2018) was an American professor of history and author. Terborg-Penn focused in African-American history and black women's history. Her book African American Women in the Struggle for the Vote, 1850-1920 was an importan work that recovered the histories of black women in the women's suffrage movement in the United States.
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.jpg.webp) Terborg-Penn at the U.S. National Archives in 2015 | |
| Born | October 22, 1941 |
| Died | December 25, 2018 (aged 77) |
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| Discipline | historian |
She was faculty member of Morgan State University.
Terborg-Penn died on December 25, 2018 in Columbia, Maryland, aged 77.[1][2]
References
- Seelye, Katharine Q. (January 4, 2019). "Rosalyn Terborg-Penn, 77, Dies; Historian Recognized Black Suffragists". New York Times.
- "Rosalyn Terborg-Penn". EducationMakers. The History Makers. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
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