Papers, 1854-1988 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1854-1988 (inclusive).

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The collection mainly documents the activities of Wise and Bennett in St. Paul A.M.E. Church and other A.M.E. church organizations and includes correspondence, annual reparts, programs, financial records, souvenir booklets and conference material, and Christian publications. Personal and family papers include a diary kept by William B. Pearson detailing his work as a minister, 1884-1887; legal and financial documents; correspondence; Wilberforce University notebooks, programs, and diplomas; and other material documenting the sisters' work with charitable organizations.

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Wilberforce University

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Brooke, Edward W., III (Edward William, III), 1919-2015

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Wise, Ozeline, 1903-1988.

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Wise, Ozeline

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Ozeline Barrett (Pearson) Wise (1903-1988) was born in Worcester, Mass., the daughter of Rev. William B. and Frances (Gale) Lavinia Pearson. She was educated in the public schools in Cambridge, Mass., where her father was minister of the Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1931, she married John D. Wise; they had one son, Hubert B. Wise. During World War II she worked for the U.S. Navy, both in ship fittings and in personnel. After the war, she became the first black woman to be em...