Anneographies

September 3 Birthday: Bessie Delany

Anne — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:18:40 +0000

Bessie Delany, dentist and author

Sept. 3, 1891- Sept. 25, 1995

Women of Hope: African Americans Who Made a Difference by Joyce Hansen (Scholastic, 1998)

Bessie Delany, who lived to be 104, came to national attention when she and her sister and a New York Times reporter collaborated on the story of her and her sister’s life: Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years. Delany was the second African American woman to become a dentist in NY.

For more information about the Delany sisters, visit a Having Our Say page.

Unknown Birthday: Alia Muhammed Baker

Anne — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:49:10 +0000

Alia Muhammed Baker, librarian

20th century-

The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq by Jeanette Winter (Harcourt, 2005)

What courage! This is the story of a librarian’s daring rescue of books from her library in Basra during the war in Iraq. Until there is peace, the collection will remain in her care.

Read an interview with Jeanette Winter about the writing of this book.

Unknown Birthday: Josefina Aguliar

Anne — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:41:40 +0000

Josefina Aguliar, artist

20th century-

Josefina by Jeanette Winter (Harcourt, 1996)

A day in the life of Oaxaca, Mexico folk-artist Josefina Aguilar comes to life in this treasure about her and her painted ceramic figures, one by one.

If you Google Josefina Aguilar’s name, you can find cool images of her work (for sale.)