Description: Mary Ann Shadd Cary (October 9, 1823 - June 5, 1893) was the granddaughter of a Hessian soldier. Her parents operated a stop on the Underground Railroad in Delaware. To avoid the Fugitive Slave Act, she and her brother Isaac moved to Canada where they started an abolitionist newspaper, making her the first African American female newspaper editor. After her return to the U.S. she taught in Washington DC public schools and was the first woman admitted to Howard Law School. #TodayInBlackHistory
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