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Anna was the daughter of a Virginia plantation slave who escaped to Connecticut. Dedicating her early life to education, she became the first African American woman to graduate from the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy in 1908. (2/6) — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 10, 2021

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This #BlackHistoryMonth, I want to celebrate the life of Anna Louise James. The Old Saybrook native was a suffragist, active community leader, and one of the first women and African Americans to register to vote in the town. She was also the first female pharmacist in CT. (1/6) https://t.co/WSOlfpiKHX — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 10, 2021

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Anna operated a drugstore in Hartford until 1911, when she went to work for her brother-in-law at his pharmacy, making her the first female African American pharmacist in the state. (3/6) — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 10, 2021