Sarah Willie Layton

Sarah Willie Layton (1864 – January 14, 1950) was a suffragist and civil rights activist.

Biography Layton née Phillips was born in 1864 in Grenada, Mississippi. She was the daughter of Baptist minister William H. Phillips and his wife Mary. The African American National Biography states that it is likely that both William and Mary were born into slavery, and possibly Sarah was as well.

Layton graduated from LeMoyne College in 1881. In 1882 she married I. H. Layton with whom she had one child. The couple settled in Los Angeles, California. In Los Angeles Layton became involved with the "Western Baptist Association of California" and the "California Federation of Colored Women's Clubs". She also served as the California editor of the national newspaper, The Woman's Era. She retired from the BWC in 1948.

Layton died on January 14, 1950,