Photograph by
Williams, Milton, American, born 1940
Subject of
Rev. Dr. Murray, Pauli, American, 1910 - 1985
Date
December 21, 1977
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (Image): 7 1/4 × 9 9/16 in. (18.4 × 24.3 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 7 15/16 × 10 3/16 in. (20.2 × 25.9 cm)
Caption
Attorney, author, scholar, and Reverend Dr. Pauli Murray, the first black female Episcopal Church deacon. In January of 1977, she was ordained as the first black female Episcopal priest. She is pictured here in her study in her Arlington, Virginia apartment. December 22, 1976.
Milton Williams, Moments in Time, 1973-1993 (Nashville: James C. Winston Publishing Co., 1996), 110.
Description
A black-and-white photograph of the Reverend Dr. Anna Pauline "Pauli" Murray sitting at a typewriter by a desk crowded with papers. The photograph is stamped and inscribed on the back.
Place depicted
Arlington County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Media Arts-Photography
Type
gelatin silver prints
portraits
Topic
Civil rights
Episcopalian
Feminism
Local and regional
Photography
Religion
Social reform
Women
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Milton Williams Archives
Object number
2011.15.126
Restrictions & Rights
© Milton Williams
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53efe9488-1016-4d01-8468-2e722164b782

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