Judith Ann Carter Horton
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African American librarian and social leader
Why Is Judith Ann Carter Horton Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Judith Ann Carter Horton was an educator, librarian, and community leader who founded the first public library for African Americans in Oklahoma. Early life and education Judith Ann Carter was born May 17, 1866, in Wright City, Missouri. Her parents were recently freed enslaved people and she attended school for the first time at age ten. She left home at age thirteen to perform domestic work in order to further her education. She saved enough money to begin attending Oberlin Academy in 1884, and graduated from Oberlin College with a teaching degree in 1891.
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