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Louisa Lydia Alexander

1836–1911

United States

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Louisa Lydia Alexander (November 2, 1836 - August 18, 1911) was an American educator and one of the first African American women to attend Oberlin College. Oberlin was the first American institution to admit female students, and one of the first to admit black students.

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