Charlotta Bass

A young Charlotta wearing a light lacy collar sweater and pearl-like earrings

Postcard photo of a young Charlotta Bass, ca. 1901-1910. Wikimedia Commons

(1874-1969) Born in Sumter, SC, Charlotta Bass was a newspaper publisher in Los Angeles, California, and the first African-American woman on a Presidential campaign ticket in a United States presidential election.

Resources

PBS - Charlotta Amanda Bass Biography

National Women's History Museum - Charlotta Spears Bass

Discus Resources

Gale in Context: Biography

Britannica School High

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