“The fact that somebody is displeased is no evidence that we are wrong.” —Mary Ann Shadd, 1854
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
“The fact that somebody is displeased is no evidence that we are wrong.” —Mary Ann Shadd, 1854
Mary Ann Shadd Cary was the first black woman in North America to edit a newspaper and the first admitted to law school. She was born on October 9, 1823.
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