The older girl was Alice with Etta the younger of the two. Etta was born into an African - American family who clearly valued education and she had the advantage that, somewhat unusually for this time, her mother Zadie had been educated at College; in fact at Spelman College where Etta would spend most of her career.
Ang mas lumang mga batang babae ay Alice sa Etta ang mas bata ng dalawang. Etta ay ipinanganak sa isang African - American pamilya na malinaw na minamahalaga edukasyon at siya had ang advantage na, medyo unusually para sa mga oras na ito, ang kanyang ina Zadie had been aral sa College; sa katotohanan at Spelman College kung saan Etta ay gumastos ng karamihan ng kanyang karera.