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Mary E. Lee

1851 – 1932

African-American teacher and poet

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Lived 1851 – 1932 (aged 81). Mary E. Lee was an American teacher and poet.

Mary Elizabeth Ashe Lee (12 January 1851 – 22 January 1932) was an African-American writer, educator, and churchwoman.

Personal life Mary Elizabeth Ashe was born in Mobile, Alabama on 12 January 1851, the daughter of Simon S. and Adelia M. Ashe. Her parents were comfortably off, and her father was prominent in business. In 1998, an extract was part of Nineteenth-century American Women Poets: An Anthology, which called it "remarkable and powerful". Co-editor and academic Hollis Robbins said of "Afmerica":It's a remarkable poem, insisting upon the central role of black women in the making of America, as if she's talking to Tocqueville directly.Paula Bennett has written that the publication of "Afmerica" in Southern Workman represented "a rare departure from its usually conservative approach to racial and social questions", as the poem "confronts one of the nineteenth century’s most controversial social issues, “amalgamation,” or the sexual mixing of whites with peoples of color."

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Mary E. Ashe, Mary E. Ashe Lee, Mary Elizabeth Ashe Lee

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Who was Mary E. Lee?

African-American teacher and poet (1851-1932)

When was Mary E. Lee born?

Mary E. Lee was born on 12 January 1851 in Mobile.

When did Mary E. Lee die?

Mary E. Lee died on 22 January 1932.

What was Mary E. Lee's occupation?

Mary E. Lee was a teacher and poet.

What nationality was Mary E. Lee?

Mary E. Lee was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Mary E. Lee

· Wikidata: Q97699883

· DBpedia: Mary E. Ashe Lee

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