Jessie R. Fauset
Editor and poet
Jessie Redmon Fauset was an editor, poet, essayist, novelist, and educator. Her literary work helped sculpt African-American literature in the 1920s as she focused on portraying a true image of African-American life and history. Wikipedia
Born: April 27, 1882, Lawnside, NJ
Died: April 30, 1961 (age 79 years), Philadelphia, PA
Education: University of Pennsylvania (1905) and Cornell University
Parents: Annie Seamon Fauset and Redmon Fauset
Siblings: Arthur Fauset
Spouse: Herbert Harris (m. 1929–1958)
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