Mary Annette Anderson

Mary Annette Anderson
Born	July 27, 1874(1874-07-27) Shoreham, Vermont, U.S.
Died	1922
Alma mater	Middlebury College (B.S.)
Occupation	Professor
Spouse	Walter Lucius Smith

Mary Annette Anderson (July 27, 1874–1922) was an American professor and the first African American woman elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Anderson was born in Shoreham, Vermont, to William and Philomine (Langlois) Anderson. Her father, a farmer, was a freed slave originally from Virginia, and her mother was a Canadian immigrant of French and Native American ancestry.^[1] Anderson was educated at the Northfield School for Young Ladies in Northfield, Massachusetts, before entering Middlebury College in 1895. She graduated in 1899 as valedictorian, becoming the first African American woman elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Following graduation from Middlebury, Anderson taught at Straight University in New Orleans before being appointed a professor of English grammar and history at Howard University in Washington, D.C. She married Walter Lucius Smith on August 7, 1907, and gave up teaching.^[2]

References

1. ^ Bittinger, Cyndy (2010-03-08). "The Store of Nettie Anderson". Vermont Public Radio. http://www.vpr.net/episode/48106/. Retrieved 2010-03-08. 
2. ^ Wiley, Edgar J. (1917). Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Middlebury College, Middlebury College.

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Name	Anderson, Mary Annette
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Date of birth	July 27, 1874
Place of birth	Shoreham, Vermont, U.S.
Date of death	1922
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