A. Elizabeth Delany
Elizabeth “Bessie” Delany was born in 1891 and is the co-author of the best-selling memoir HAVING OUR SAY: THE DELANY SISTERS’ FIRST 100 YEARS, adaptation published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc. Sh... Read more
Elizabeth “Bessie” Delany was born in 1891 and is the co-author of the best-selling memoir HAVING OUR SAY: THE DELANY SISTERS’ FIRST 100 YEARS, adaptation published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc. She died in Mount Vernon, New York, in 1995 at the age of 104. Her sister and lifelong partner Sarah Delany died in 1999 at the age of 109.