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(1891-1995) Writer. Along with her sister, Sarah “Sadie” Delany, A. Elizabeth Delany lived in the Bronx, New York, and published an autobiography entitled “Having Our Say” (1993), which narrates their lives as African-American sisters and spans a one hundred year period. The two of them then published “The Delany Sisters’ Book of Everyday Wisdom” in 1994.

Full Name

A. Elizabeth Delany

Locations

Bronx

Author's Timeline

Unknown

RESIDENCE

Elizabeth Delany lived with her sister, Sarah Delany in the Bronx, New York.

1891

BIRTH

Annie Elizabeth "Bessie" Delany was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, on September 3, 1891.

1923

OTHER

Ms. Delany earned a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree from Columbia University in 1923.

1993

LITWORK

Having Our Say; The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
New York: Kodansha America
156836010X / 978-1568360102
Memoir written in collaboration with her sister, Sarah Delany, and Amy Hill Hearth..

1994

LITWORK

The Delany Sisters' Book of Everyday Wisdom
New York: Kodansha America
ISBN: 1568360428 / 978-1568360423)
Nonfiction written with her sister, Sarah L. Delany and Amy Hill Hearth.

1995

DEATH

Annie Elizabeth Delany died at her home in Mount Vernon, New York, on September 25, 1995.

1995

INTERMENT

A. Elizabeth Delany was interred at Mount Hope Cemetery in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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