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Anna Mada Hyers

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Alternate Names:

Anna Madah Hyers
Anna Hyers

Gender: Female

Life Dates: 1855 - 1929

Types:

African American
American (US)
Dramatist
Performer, actress
Performer, singer

Note: One of the Hyers Sisters, a musical theater duo that pioneered black theatre and combatted negative representation of black people in theater (such as in the case of minstrelsy). Sister to Emma Louise Hyers.

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Biographies (3 Total)

Anna and Emma Hyers Author: Sylvia G. L. Dannett . Collection Title: Profiles of Negro Womanhood. 1964
Anna, Mada and Emma Louise Hyers Author: Monroe Alphus Majors . Collection Title: Noted Negro Women: Their Triumphs and Activities. 1893
The Hyers Sisters Author: Lawson Andrew Scruggs . Collection Title: Women of Distinction: Remarkable in Works and Invincible in Character. 1893