Mamie Garvin Fields (August 13, 1888 – July 30, 1987) was a teacher, civil rights and religious activist, and memoirist. In 1909, she became one of the first African-American teachers to be hired in a Charleston County, South Carolina, public school. She was also a co-founder of the Modern Priscilla Club of Charleston in 1927.
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13 July 1888 Charleston, South Carolina
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Died |
30 July 1987 (aged 99) Charleston, South Carolina
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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