Alice Gertrude Baldwin
Alice Gertrude Baldwin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1859 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | 1943 (aged 83–84) |
| Education | New York University |
| Occupation | Suffragist |
| Relatives | Maria Louise Baldwin (sister) |
Alice Gertrude Baldwin (1859 – 1943) was an African-American suffragist.
Family life[]
Gertrude Baldwin was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1859 to Mary E. Baldwin and Peter L. Baldwin. She was the second of three children, with one older sister, Maria Louise Baldwin, and one younger brother, Louis F. Baldwin.[1]
Education and career[]
She grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and attended New York University after attending teacher's college.[1]
Suffrage work[]
The Wilmington Equal Suffrage Club was formed March 19, 1914, and Alice Gertrude Baldwin was a member. She was a champion of woman suffrage and racial equality and worked for women's suffrage through the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Lewis, Alison. "Biographical Sketch of Alice Gertrude Baldwin". Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600–2000. Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
Categories:
- 1859 births
- 1943 deaths
- African-American suffragists
- Activists from Baltimore
- People from Cambridge, Massachusetts
- New York University alumni
- 20th-century African-American people
- 20th-century African-American women