Who is
Fannie Barrier Williams?

Fannie Barrier Williams Biographical Facts:

• Born in Brockport, NY on February 12th, 1855.

• Was highly educated and graduated from the State Normal School at Brockport in 1870.

• She headed south to teach where she was exposed to racism and segregation for the first time.

• Married S. Laing Williams in 1887.

• Spoke at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893.

• Founded the National League of Colored Women in 1893 and later the National Association of Colored Women in 1896, both alongside Mary Church Terrell.

• First woman and African-American to be appointed to the Chicago Public Library Board in 1924.

• Died in Brockport, NY on March 4th, 1944.