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Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander (January 2, 1898 –
November 1, 1989) was a
pioneering Black professional and
civil rights activist of the early-to-mid-20th...
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Aaron Albert Mossell II (November 3, 1863 –
February 1, 1951) was an
American lawyer who was the
first African-American to
graduate from the University...
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Nathan Francis Mossell (July 27, 1856 –
October 27, 1946) was an
American physician who was the
first African-American
graduate of the
University of Pennsylvania...
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Gertrude Emily Hicks Bustill Mossell (July 3, 1855 –
January 21, 1948) was an
American journalist, author, teacher, and activist. She
served as the women's...
- Mary
Campbell Mossell Griffin (October 11, 1882 – June 4, 1968) was an
American writer, clubwoman, and
suffragist based in Philadelphia. She led successful...
- (1816–1890) m.
Emily Robinson Gertrude Bustill Mossell (1855–1948) m.
Nathan Francis Mossell Florence Mossell Mary
Mossell Griffin (c. 1885 —
after January 1963)...
- Mary Ella
Forrester Mossell (May 22, 1853 – June 29, 1886) was an
American African Methodist Episcopal missionary in Haiti. Mary Ella
Forrester was born...
- and was
class speaker.
William Adger,
James Brister, and
Nathan Francis Mossell were the
first Black students enrolled at Penn in 1879.
Brister graduated...
- city's
prominent Bustill family. His
children include Gertrude Bustill Mossell and
Maria Louisa Bustill,
mother of Paul Robeson. Wright,
Nazera Sadiq...
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brother was the
painter Henry Ossawa Tanner. Her
niece was
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, the
first black woman in the
United States to earn a Ph.D and...
