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DRUSILLA ELIZABETH TANDY NIXON (1899-1990)
BlackPast.org
(2018)
Abstract
Drusilla Elizabeth (née Tandy) Nixon, civil rights activist, community advocate, and music educator, was born on July 15, 1899 in Toledo, Ohio, the daughter of Maud Grant Tandy and John Clifford Tandy. She attended Toledo’s Waite High where she was the only black student in her class. Drusilla wrote for the school magazine, was elected class novelist, and became the orchestra’s violinist and concertmaster. Her musical talents won her first-place in a composers’ national contest. Later she taught piano lessons—her most famous client was future California congresswoman Barbara Lee. Tandy attended the University of Toledo before it closed due to the 1918 worldwide influenza outbreak.
Keywords
- Black Women,
- El Paso,
- Texas,
- Toldeo,
- Ohio,
- Community Activist,
- Progressive
Disciplines
Publication Date
Summer July 29, 2018
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will guzmán. "DRUSILLA ELIZABETH TANDY NIXON (1899-1990)" BlackPast.org (2018) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/will-guzmn/4/
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