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Nellie B. Nicholson

1888–1965

United States

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Nellie Blythe Nicholson Taylor (July 22, 1888 – December 20, 1965) was an African-American suffragist and educator. Nicholson was a clubwoman, co-founding a local Delaware affiliate, the Women's College Club of Delaware, with Sadie L. Jones. She was a founding member of the Zeta Omega chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. She was also a founding member of the Equal Suffrage Study Club, founded in 1914.

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