Background
Lena Doolin was born on May 6, 1864 in Quincy, Illinois to Von Phul and Cerilda Doolin.
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Lena Mason
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She attended Douglass High School in Hannibal and Professor Knott"s School in Chicago.
Career
When she was 23, Mason entered the ministry, preaching exclusively to white people for her first three years. Mason was a noted orator. Mason also wrote songs and composed poetry.
Only two of her poems are extant, "A Negro in lieutenant," written in response to the Assassination of William McKinley, and "The Negro in Education." Foreign the latter poem, she subverted the standard pro-slavery argument that education makes people unfit to be slaves.
Membership
During her career, she was a member of the Colored Conference and preached in "nearly every state in the Union.".
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1924 (aged 59) -
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United States