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Black History ➔ Book, Two Colored Women with the American Expeditionary Forces
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2019.1.80Description:
Hunton, Addie W., and Kathryn M. Johnson. Two Colored Women With the American Expeditionary Forces. Brooklyn, New York: Brooklyn Eagle Press, 1920.Two Colored Women With the American Expeditionary Forces was written by Addie W. Hunton and Kathryn M. Johnson and was published by the Brooklyn Eagle Press in 1920. It details the accounts of their time during the war dealing with racial issues in the American forces.
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1920Materials:
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7.5"" h 5"" w .75"" dCurrent Location Status:
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Tier 2Related Entities:
Addie Waites Hunton (creator)Addie Waites Hunton, born in 1866, was an African American suffragist, activist, writer, and educator. She was the first black woman to graduate from Spencerian College of Commerce and was part of the Young Women's Christian Association. She served in the United States Army during World War I and wrote a book with Kathryn Johnson titles Two Colored Women with the American Expeditionary Forces. She passed away in 1943. Kathryn Magnolia Johnson (creator)
Kathyrn Magnolia Johnson, born in 1878, was an American activist and teacher. She was one of the first members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and was also part of the Young Men's Christian Association. She was to France during World War I to observe and later wrote a book with Addie Waites Hunton titled Two Colored Women with the American Expeditionary Forces. She passed away in 1954. Ruth Herrick (is related to)
Born on July 6, 1895 in Ohio, Ruth Herrick became known as one of the first women physicians in Michigan. She studied at the University of Chicago Medical College and at Blodgett Memorial Hospital. Afterwards she began her practice in 1931 in Grand Rapids. She was an avid collector and took a strong interest in archaeology, having lectured at the Greenfield Village Museum and wrote and published a book entitled "Greentown glass: the Indiana Tumbler and Goblet Company and allied manufacturers (1959)". In 1961 she cooperated with the Kent County Medical Society in compiling a historic medical collection. She retired in 1973 and later passed away after an automobile accident on June 7, 1974, with many of her assets bequeathed to the Public Museum.
