Crystal Bird Fauset
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N 39° 57.908 W 075° 13.678
18S E 480530 N 4423912
First black woman elected to the state legislature!
Waymark Code: WM83JQ
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 01/21/2010
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Marker Text: The first Black woman elected to a state legislature in the U.S. Fauset, who lived here, won her seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1938. She later served as a Civil Defense race relations advisor under Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Marker Name: Crystal Bird Fauset
County: Philadelphia
Date Dedicated: 01/01/1991
Marker Type: City
Location: 5403 Vine St., Philadelphia
Category: African American, Civil Rights, Government & Politics, Women
Website: [Web Link]
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