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Marie Woolfolk Taylor (ca. 1890-1960)

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Payton-Stewart, Lucretia

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Encyclopedia article about Marie Woolfolk Taylor. Marie Woolfolk Taylor was one of the nine founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA), the oldest Greek-letter organization established in America by black college women. Just one generation removed from slavery, Taylor cofounded an organization that as of 2006 includes more than 170,000 educated women.
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