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Hidden Figures: Anna Arnold Hedgeman #BlackHERstoryMonth 6/28

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Channel: Sensei Aishitemasu · 2017 · Entertainment

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Activist, educator, and politician Anna Arnold Hedgeman had a lifetime of firsts, from being the first Black graduate of Hamline University, to the ONLY woman to serve on the organizing committee of the March on Washington, to the first African-American woman to serve on a mayoral cabinet and the first African-American PERIOD to hold a federal political position. She was also a founder member of the National Organization for Women (NOW), one of the most prominent feminist organizations in America.

Hedgeman was born into a family of former slaves, where she was homeschooled until the age of seven. Her parents and grandparents emphasized the importance of usefulness, with everyone in the family giving a nightly report on how they had been useful to themselves and others that day. Civic-minded and an advocate for minorities and the poor, Hedgeman held a variety of political and philanthropic positions throughout her life, including serving as the executive director of the National Committee for a Permanent Fair Employment Practices Commission; working in the cabinet of New York Mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr.; working on the successful Harry Truman Presidential campaign; and assisting Bayard Rustin and A. Philip Randolph in their planning of the 1963 March on Washington, the only woman on the planning committee. 

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Links: 

Until There Is Justice: The Life of Anna Arnold Hedgeman:
https://www.amazon.com/Until-There-Justice-Arnold-Hedgeman/dp/0190248599

'Anna Hedgeman Is Dead at 90; Aide to Mayor Wagner in 1950's:'
http://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/26/obituaries/anna-hedgeman-is-dead-at-90-aide-to-mayor-wagner-in-1950-s.html

'When You Remember the March on Washington, Remember Anna Hedgeman:'
http://ajccenter.wfu.edu/2013/08/21/march-on-washington-remember-anna-hedgeman/

'Anna Arnold Hedgeman: Activist for Feminism and Civil Rights:'
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/second-wave-feminists/a/Anna-Arnold-Hedgeman.htm

'Anna Arnold Hedgeman ~ Activist for Feminism and Civil Rights:'
http://sowleadership.tumblr.com/post/42188098912/day-26-anna-arnold-hedgeman-activist-for

Hedgeman, Anna Arnold (1899–1990):
http://www.blackpast.org/aah/hedgeman-anna-arnold-1899-1990

'Anna Hedgeman Was A Force For Civil Rights:'
http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/anna-hedgeman-was-force-civil-rights

Hedgeman, Anna Arnold: American National Biography Online:
http://www.anb.org/articles/15/15-01364.html

Anna Arnold Hedgeman (Wikipedia):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Arnold_Hedgeman

[Bronx Slave Market] - Library of Congress:
https://www.loc.gov/item/wpalh001468/

'"I Was Part of the Bronx Slave Market" - Marvel Cooke - New York Compass:'
http://dlib.nyu.edu/undercover/i-was-part-bronx-slave-market-marvel-cooke-new-york-compass-0

'Marvel Cooke, “The Bronx Slave Market:”'
https://caringlabor.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/marvel-cooke-the-bronx-slave-market/

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