1893 - 1985
Isabel Grenfell Quallo American Activist
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| Birthday |
4th April, 1893
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| Birthplace |
Léopoldville, Congo Free State
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| Died |
21st September, 1985
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| Place of Death |
New York City, New York
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aries
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
domestic, waitress, community activist
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| Occupation |
Activist
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Isabel Grenfell Quallo (4 April 1893 – 21 September 1985) was a Congolese-born British-American domestic worker and community activist known for her involvement in the development of Druid Heights, in Marin County, California. Born in the Congo Free State, she was educated in England and then moved with her mother to Kingston, Jamaica. Marrying at 16, she immigrated with her husband to New York City in 1914. Struggling with racism and her husband's mental illness, she supported her children by working as a domestic and waitress. Through contacts in the theater district, she made the acquaintance of writer Elsa Gidlow, becoming her lover for ten years. In their last two years together, Elsa purchased 5 acres of land south of Muir Woods. She then split the property with builder and jazz musician Roger Somers, and his wife Mary, and, initially with Isabel's help, they fostered an atmosphere which would attract many of those involved in countercultural movements, active in the United States between 1950 and 1970.
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