Portrait of Olivia Davidson
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Title
Portrait of Olivia Davidson
Subject
Alumna
Description
An 1881 African American graduate of Framingham Normal School, Olivia Davidson married Booker T. Washington and helped him found the Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University), where a building has been named in her honor. A true pioneer throughout her life, she lived and worked in various areas of the country, including Virginia, Ohio, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, and Massachusetts, until she died of tuberculosis in 1889.
Creator
Unknown
Source
Unknown
Framingham State University
Publisher
Framingham State University - Archives http://www.framingham.edu/henry-whittemore-library/archives-and-special-collections/index.html
Date
c.1881
Rights
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Format
image/jpg
Language
English
Type
Image
Files
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Portrait of Olivia Davidson,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed June 19, 2013, http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/11963.
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