Life is short, and it's up to you to make it sweet. - Sadie Delany
It’s Wednesday, and you know how we do, being all AUTHENTIC and whatnot. We drop that Word of Wisdom on Wednesday (Good day, alliteration. How are you? *English geek*).
Check this out. After this weekend (Valentine’s Day! *tee hee*), this quote is very fitting.
Sarah Louise “Sadie” Delany (19 September 1889 – 25 January 1999) was an American author, educator, and civil rights pioneer. In 1923, she became the first African American woman permitted to teach domestic science in the state of New York.
In 1992, Delany and sister Bessie collaborated with Amy Hill Hearth on a book called Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, which dealt with the trials and tribulations the sisters had faced during their century of life. The book was highly successful on the bestseller charts, and even spawned a Broadway play. In 1999 the movie Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years aired on television. It was directed by Lynne Littman with Diahann Carroll as Sadie and Ruby Dee as Bessie.
In 1994 with The Delany Sisters' Book of Everyday Wisdom was published as a follow up to Having Our Say. After Bessie's death in 1995 at age 104, Sadie wrote another book called On My Own At 107: Reflections on Life Without Bessie, dealing with the loss of her sister.
Delany and sister Bessie were included in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1993 as the world's oldest authors. (Source)
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