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Annie Elizabeth Delany
Born	September 3, 1891(1891-09-03) Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Died	September 25, 1995 (aged 104) Mount Vernon, New York, United States
Fields	Dentistry
Alma mater	St. Augustine's College Columbia School of Dental and Oral Surgery
Known for	second African American female dentist licensed in the State of New York

Annie Elizabeth “Bessie” Delany (3 September 1891 - 25 September 1995) was an American dentist and author who, after completing her studies at Columbia University in 1923, became the second African American female dentist licensed in the State of New York.

Biography

Delany was born one of ten children to The Right Reverend Henry Beard Delany (1856-1928) first African American bishop of the [[Episcopal church in

the United States of America|Episcopal Church]], and Nanny Logan (1861-1956) at Raleigh, North Carolina.

Delany and her sister Sarah Louise and New York Times reporter Amy Hill Hearth collaborated on the best-seller Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years. The book was later adapted for a Broadway play in 1995, and later for a television movie on CBS.

The Delany Sisters

In 1992, Delany and sister Sarah collaborated with Amy Hill Hearth on the book, Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, which dealt with the trials and tribulations the sisters had faced during their century of life. The book was highly successful on the bestseller charts, and even spawned a Broadway play. In 1999 the movie Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years aired on television. It was directed by Lynne Littman with Diahann Carroll as Sadie and Ruby Dee as Bessie.

In 1994 with The Delany Sisters' Book of Everyday Wisdom was published as a follow up to Having Our Say. After Bessie's death in 1995 at age 104, Sadie wrote another book called On My Own At 107: Reflections on Life Without Bessie, dealing with the loss of her sister.

Delany and sister Sarah were included in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1993 as the world's oldest authors.

Her siblings were:

• Lemuel Thackara Delany (1887-1956)
• Sarah Louise (“Sadie”) Delany (1889–1999)
• Julia Emery Delany (1893-1974)
• Henry Delany, Jr. (1895-1991)
• Lucius Delany (1897-1969)
• William Manross Delany (1899-1955)
• Hubert Thomas Delan (1901-1990)
• Laura Edith Delany (1903-1993)
• Samuel Ray Delany (1906-1960)

Bibliography

• Delany, Sarah Louise; Delany, Annie Elizabeth; Hearth, Amy (1993). Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (First edition ed.). New York: Kodansha International. ISBN 156836010X.  
• Delany, Sarah Louise; Hearth, Amy Hil (1997). On My Own at 107: Reflections on Life Without Bessie (First edition ed.). New York: HarperSanFrancisco. ISBN 0062514857.  

References

• "Sarah Louise "Sadie" Delany". Columbia250. Columbia University. 2008. http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/remarkable_columbians/annie_delany.html. Retrieved 2008-11-10.  

External links

• Annie Elizabeth Delany at Find a Grave
• Having Our Say at the Internet Broadway Database
• Having Our Say at the Internet Movie Database