Anna Julia Cooper

Anna Julia Cooper
Cooper in her centenarian years.
Birth:	10 August 1858 Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Death:	27 February 1964 Washington, DC, USA
Age:	105 years, 201 days
Country:	USA
Centenarian

Dr. Anna Julia "Annie" Cooper Haywood (10 August 1858 - 27 February 1964) was an American centenarian, author and educator who was possibly one of the last surviving people to have been born into slavery in the United States.

Biography

Anna Julia Cooper was born into slavery in Raleigh, North Carolina on 10 August 1858. Anna's biological parents were Hannah Stanley (1817-1899) and George Washington Haywood (1802-1890), her adopted father was Fabius Julius Haywood Sr (1803-1880), Hannah's second husband, who was white. On June 1, 1877, Anna married the love of her life, George A.C. Cooper (1844-1879), who sadly died 2 years later. Anna later became an author, a doctor and a teacher and moved to Washington, DC, USA.

Anna Julia Cooper died in Washington, DC, USA on 27 February 1964 at the age of 105 years, 201 days. At the time of her death, she may have been one of the last surviving people who was born into slavery in the United States.

Gallery

Cooper (age 40) seated, looking at the camera with her hand on a table in 1898.

Cooper (age 43) in a restored photo of herself in early 1902.

Cooper (age 43) in a restored photo of herself in early 1902.

Cooper (age 44) seated, with a book on her lap in 1902.

Cooper as a sexagenarian in an undated photo.

Cooper in parlor of 201 T Street, N.W., then the Registrar's Office of Frelinghuysen University in an undated photo in her older years.

Cooper (age 62) holding her doctoral degree that she has just received in 1925.

Cooper sitting in a wicker chair on her porch as an elderly woman in an undated photo.

References

1. Anna J. Cooper, Oberlin College
2. Honoring The Legacy Of Dr. Anna J. Cooper Elysian Magazine