Get to Know the Historical Figures on the $5, $10 and $20 Bills - The New York Times
Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Jada F. Smith
And ain’t I a woman? ’’ _____ Marian Anderson, a coal seller’s daughter, was born in 1897 and had become one of the world’s most accomplished contraltos by 1939, the year the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to allow her to perform at Constitution Hall because of a “white artists only” clause in its contracts.
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