Who was Mary Ann Shadd Cary? | From Grit to Glory: Mary Ann Shadd Cary

In this panel discussion, learn more about Mary Ann Shadd Cary - a ground-breaking Black woman who challenged the system and led the way for rights of women. Scholars and historians share perspectives based on years of work and researching the life, publications and legacy of Mary Ann Shadd Cary.
Panelists include:
Kristin Moriah, assistant professor of English at Queen’s University;
Rosemary Sadlier, author and past president of the Ontario Black History Society;
Rinaldo Walcott, author and professor and chair of Africana and American Studies at the University of Buffalo.
In October 2023, Toronto History Museums honoured the 200th anniversary of the birth of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, the first Black woman in North America to publish a newspaper, with an afternoon of art, poetry and lively discussion in the ballroom of the historic St. Lawrence Hall - where Mary Ann Shadd Cary attended the North American Convention of Colored Freemen when she first visited Toronto in 1851.
Find videos of more panels on our RUclips channel. Visit Toronto.ca/Museums for more information.
Thank you to our partners: Archives of Ontario, Canadian Association of Black Journalists and Queen's University Faculty of Arts and Science.
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