Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

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

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

With the passage of the 19th amendment to the US Constitution in 1920, she became one of the first women to register to vote. At the time it was neither easy nor common for an African American woman to successfully pursue a professional career, but overcame despite it all. (4/6) — PolitiTweet.org