Crystal Bird Fauset - Philadelphia PA
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Crystal Bird Fauset was the first Black woman elected to a state legislature in the United States. Fauset, who lived here, won her seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1938.
Waymark Code: WM174CZ
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 12/08/2022
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Crystal Bird Fauset
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.
Erected 1991 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.
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Location: 5403 Vine Street, Philadelphia PA 19139
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