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=Mary Ann Shadd=

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Mary Ann Shadd was born a free black, in 1823. She was raised with the ideas of freedom and equality. [|Her home] was a stop on the Underground Railroad, helping many slaves on their journey to freedom. She also attended school as a child and later became a teacher for all black schools, in the North. She also was an editor for a strongly opinionated news paper, called [|The Liberator]. As she grew up she married, had children, and was widowed. She eventually went back to teaching and finishing her own schooling. She earned her law degree, at [|Howard University], in 1883, becoming the second black women to earn a law degree. She joined the [|National Woman's Suffrage Association] and became the second black woman to place a vote in a national election.

Sources: "Mary Ann Shadd". __Wikipedia.__ 22 May 2009 <[]>.