Alfreda Duster | |
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Born | Alfreda Barnett September 3, 1904 |
Died | April 2, 1983
Billings Hospital, Chicago | (aged 78)
Notable work | Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells (1970) |
Spouse | Benjamin C. Duster Jr. |
Children | 5, including Troy Duster |
Parent(s) |
Ida B. Wells (mother) Ferdinand L. Barnett (father) |
Alfreda M. Duster [1] (née Barnett; September 3, 1904 – April 2, 1983) was an American social worker and civic leader in Chicago. [2] [3] She is best known as the youngest daughter of civil rights activist Ida B. Wells and as the editor of her mother's posthumously published autobiography, Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells (1970).
Alfreda Barnett was born in 1904, the youngest daughter [4] of civil rights activists Ida B. Wells and Ferdinand L. Barnett. [2] [3] [5] She graduated from the University of Chicago in 1924 with a bachelor of philosophy degree. [2] [3] [5] She married Benjamin C. Duster Jr., who was a clerk in her father's law firm, and worked as a homemaker and mother to her five children until she was widowed at the age of 40 and went back to school for social work. [2] [3]
Duster served as a juvenile delinquency prevention coordinator for the state of Illinois and the administrator of the girls' program for underprivileged city children at Camp Illini. [2] [3] She was also secretary to Democrat Charles Jenkins, a black member of the Illinois legislature. [3] She was awarded "Mother of the Year" in 1950 and 1970; the Bootstrap Award from the Opportunity Centers of Chicago; Citation for Public Service from the University of Chicago Alumni Association; and honorary doctorate of humane letters from Chicago State University. [2] [3] [5]
Duster edited and in 1970 published Ida B. Wells' autobiography, Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells, which she worked on for 25 years after her mother's death. [2] [4] [6] [7] For this book, Duster won the National Council of Negro Women Award for Literary Excellence and Outstanding Humanitarian Contributions. [3]
The Alfreda Barnett Duster Apartments, public housing in Chicago, Illinois, are named after Duster. [4]
Alfreda Duster died from a brain hemorrhage at the age of 78, on April 2, 1983. [3]
Schultz, Rima Lunin and Adele Hast, "Women Building Chicago 1790-1990: A Biographical Dictionary", Indiana University Press, 2001.
Alfreda Duster | |
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Born | Alfreda Barnett September 3, 1904 |
Died | April 2, 1983
Billings Hospital, Chicago | (aged 78)
Notable work | Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells (1970) |
Spouse | Benjamin C. Duster Jr. |
Children | 5, including Troy Duster |
Parent(s) |
Ida B. Wells (mother) Ferdinand L. Barnett (father) |
Alfreda M. Duster [1] (née Barnett; September 3, 1904 – April 2, 1983) was an American social worker and civic leader in Chicago. [2] [3] She is best known as the youngest daughter of civil rights activist Ida B. Wells and as the editor of her mother's posthumously published autobiography, Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells (1970).
Alfreda Barnett was born in 1904, the youngest daughter [4] of civil rights activists Ida B. Wells and Ferdinand L. Barnett. [2] [3] [5] She graduated from the University of Chicago in 1924 with a bachelor of philosophy degree. [2] [3] [5] She married Benjamin C. Duster Jr., who was a clerk in her father's law firm, and worked as a homemaker and mother to her five children until she was widowed at the age of 40 and went back to school for social work. [2] [3]
Duster served as a juvenile delinquency prevention coordinator for the state of Illinois and the administrator of the girls' program for underprivileged city children at Camp Illini. [2] [3] She was also secretary to Democrat Charles Jenkins, a black member of the Illinois legislature. [3] She was awarded "Mother of the Year" in 1950 and 1970; the Bootstrap Award from the Opportunity Centers of Chicago; Citation for Public Service from the University of Chicago Alumni Association; and honorary doctorate of humane letters from Chicago State University. [2] [3] [5]
Duster edited and in 1970 published Ida B. Wells' autobiography, Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells, which she worked on for 25 years after her mother's death. [2] [4] [6] [7] For this book, Duster won the National Council of Negro Women Award for Literary Excellence and Outstanding Humanitarian Contributions. [3]
The Alfreda Barnett Duster Apartments, public housing in Chicago, Illinois, are named after Duster. [4]
Alfreda Duster died from a brain hemorrhage at the age of 78, on April 2, 1983. [3]
Schultz, Rima Lunin and Adele Hast, "Women Building Chicago 1790-1990: A Biographical Dictionary", Indiana University Press, 2001.