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Paul Laurence Dunbar Collection
Description: Portrait of Matilda Dunbar, mother of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, ca. 1890-1910. Matilda was born a slave in Fayette County, Kentucky. She instilled in her son Paul a love of poetry. During her life, she worked as a washerwoman to support her family. Among her customers were the family of Orville and Wilbur Wright. Matilda died in Dayton, Ohio, on February 24, 1934. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03383
Subjects: African American women--Ohio; African American Ohioans; Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)