Elizabeth Anna Hendrickson
afro-American civil rights and political activist
Elizabeth Anna Hendrickson (1884–1946) was a notable Afro-American civil rights leader and political activist. Born in St Croix, while it was still a Danish colony before it was purchased by the US government and incorporated into the US Virgin Islands, hence its citizens were able to emigrate to the US mainland. Elizabeth was raised in St. Croix until 11 years old when she was sent to New York to stay with her aunt. In New York Elizabeth received a good education and went on to High School where she mixed with and was influenced by prominent white people of respectable backgrounds. Elizabeth became a member of the Quaker organisation and had a love child by G.E. Willett, son of an influential Quaker family from Quebec.
Elizabeth later became a prominent member of the Harlem Renaissance movement of east New York. She was a well-known street corner speaker and was involved in the struggles of the Harlem Tenants League in the 1920s. She helped to establish benevolent organizations, several groups in New York including the American West Indians Ladies Aid Society, and the Virgin Islands Catholic Relief Organization to help Virgin Islanders at home and in Harlem. She also assisted prominent Virgin Islander Rothschild Francis in establishing his paper, The Emancipator.
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