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She married the activist [[W.E.B. Du Bois]], who had been a teacher at Wilberforce College, on May 12, 1896 at her father’s home in Cedar Rapids.<ref name= bahai>{{Cite web|url=https://bahaiteachings.org/w-e-b-nina-du-bois-lovers-bahai-principles/|title=W.E.B. and Nina Du Bois: Lovers of the Baha’i Principles|first=Radiance|last=Talley|date=February 23, 2024}}</ref> They had two children: a son, Burghardt, who died in infancy, and a daughter, [[Yolande Du Bois|Yolande]].<ref name=fight>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L7PSKiJLVhMC&q=the+fight+for+civil+rights|title=W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Civil Rights|last=Randolph|first=Ryan P.|date=2005|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group|isbn=9781404226562|language=en}}</ref> She lived in Baltimore with her daughter until her daughter's divorce, at which time the two moved to the family's [[Dunbar Apartments|Dunbar apartment]] in New York City.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REv47NrozRMC&pg=PA152|title=Up Close, W. E. B. Du Bois: A Twentieth-century Life|last=Bolden|first=Tonya|date=2008|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-0-670-06302-4}}</ref>
She married the activist [[W.E.B. Du Bois]], who had been a teacher at Wilberforce College, on May 12, 1896 at her father’s home in Cedar Rapids.<ref name= bahai>{{Cite web|url=https://bahaiteachings.org/w-e-b-nina-du-bois-lovers-bahai-principles/|title=W.E.B. and Nina Du Bois: Lovers of the Baha’i Principles|first=Radiance|last=Talley|date=February 23, 2024}}</ref> They had two children: a son, Burghardt, who died in infancy, and a daughter, [[Yolande Du Bois|Yolande]].<ref name=fight>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L7PSKiJLVhMC&q=the+fight+for+civil+rights|title=W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Civil Rights|last=Randolph|first=Ryan P.|date=2005|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group|isbn=9781404226562|language=en}}</ref> She lived in Baltimore with her daughter until her daughter's divorce, at which time the two moved to the family's [[Dunbar Apartments|Dunbar apartment]] in New York City.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REv47NrozRMC&pg=PA152|title=Up Close, W. E. B. Du Bois: A Twentieth-century Life|last=Bolden|first=Tonya|date=2008|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-0-670-06302-4}}</ref>


She was involved in her husband's civil rights work and described as a civil rights activist, but mostly stayed home to raise their daughter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whig.com/lifestyles/history/nina-gomer-du-bois-daughter-wife-mother/article_62e2ab72-bcdd-11ec-ae1f-cbfdd54df37f.html|title=Nina Gomer Du Bois: Daughter, Wife, Mother|first=ARLIS|last=DITTMER|date=April 16, 2022|website=Herald-Whig}}</ref>
She was involved in her husband's civil rights work and described as a civil rights activist, but mostly stayed home to raise their daughter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whig.com/lifestyles/history/nina-gomer-du-bois-daughter-wife-mother/article_62e2ab72-bcdd-11ec-ae1f-cbfdd54df37f.html|title=Nina Gomer Du Bois: Daughter, Wife, Mother|first=ARLIS|last=DITTMER|date=April 16, 2022|website=Herald-Whig}}</ref> She served on the executive committee of the Women's International Circle of Peace and Foreign Relations in 1927, alongside [[Minta Bosley Allen Trotman]] and [[Addie Waites Hunton]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Salem, Dorothy C.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21035416|title=To better our world : Black women in organized reform, 1890-1920|date=1990|publisher=Carlson Pub|isbn=0-926019-20-1|location=Brooklyn, N.Y.|oclc=21035416}}</ref> The committee was largeley responsible for organizing the fourth [[Pan-African Congress]] in New York.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ramdani|first=Fatma|date=2015-03-26|title=Afro-American Women Activists as True Negotiators in the International Arena (1893-1945)|url=http://journals.openedition.org/ejas/10646|journal=European Journal of American Studies|language=fr|volume=10|issue=10–1|doi=10.4000/ejas.10646|issn=1991-9336|doi-access=free|hdl=20.500.12210/63477|hdl-access=free}}</ref>


In 1936, Du Bois converted from Christianity to the [[Baháʼí Faith]].<ref name= bahai/> She was active in the Baháʼí community.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://charlestonwvbahai.org/blog/f/nina-gomer-du-bois|title=Nina Gomer Du Bois}}</ref>
In 1936, Du Bois converted from Christianity to the [[Baháʼí Faith]].<ref name= bahai/> She was active in the Baháʼí community.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://charlestonwvbahai.org/blog/f/nina-gomer-du-bois|title=Nina Gomer Du Bois}}</ref>

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Nina Gomer Du Bois
Du Bois (right) with her husband and daughter circa 1901
Born(1870-07-04)July 4, 1870
Quincy, Illinois, U.S.
DiedJuly 26, 1950(1950-07-26) (aged 80)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Resting placeMahaiwe Cemetery
EducationWilberforce College
Occupation(s)activist
homemaker
SpouseW.E.B. Du Bois
Children2 (including Yolande Du Bois)

Nina Gomer Du Bois (July 4, 1870 – July 26, 1950) was an American civil rights activist, Baháʼí Faith practioner, and homemaker. She was the first wife of civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois and the mother of the educator Yolande Du Bois.

Early life and education

Du Bois was born on July 4, 1870 to Charles S. Gomer and Mary J. Schneider Gomer in Quincy, Illinois.[1][2] When she was six years old, her family moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where her father was employed as a cook at Brown's Hotel.[2] Following her father's promotion to head cook of the hotel, he purchased a small house for the family in 1878.[2]

She attended Wilberforce College.[3]

Later life

She married the activist W.E.B. Du Bois, who had been a teacher at Wilberforce College, on May 12, 1896 at her father’s home in Cedar Rapids.[4] They had two children: a son, Burghardt, who died in infancy, and a daughter, Yolande.[5] She lived in Baltimore with her daughter until her daughter's divorce, at which time the two moved to the family's Dunbar apartment in New York City.[6]

She was involved in her husband's civil rights work and described as a civil rights activist, but mostly stayed home to raise their daughter.[7] She served on the executive committee of the Women's International Circle of Peace and Foreign Relations in 1927, alongside Minta Bosley Allen Trotman and Addie Waites Hunton.[8] The committee was largeley responsible for organizing the fourth Pan-African Congress in New York.[9]

In 1936, Du Bois converted from Christianity to the Baháʼí Faith.[4] She was active in the Baháʼí community.[10]

By 1946, she and her family were living in Morgan Park, Maryland.[2]

Du Bois died on July 26, 1950.[11] She was buried in Mahaiwe Cemetery in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Nina Gomer Du Bois as a young woman, circa 1898 - Archives & Manuscripts at Duke University Libraries". David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
  2. ^ a b c d "Time Machine: Woman who grew up in Cedar Rapids married civil rights leader". www.thegazette.com.
  3. ^ "Du Bois, Nina Gomer (1871-1950) · Jane Addams Digital Edition". digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu.
  4. ^ a b Talley, Radiance (February 23, 2024). "W.E.B. and Nina Du Bois: Lovers of the Baha'i Principles".
  5. ^ Randolph, Ryan P. (2005). W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Civil Rights. The Rosen Publishing Group. ISBN 9781404226562.
  6. ^ Bolden, Tonya (2008). Up Close, W. E. B. Du Bois: A Twentieth-century Life. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-670-06302-4.
  7. ^ DITTMER, ARLIS (April 16, 2022). "Nina Gomer Du Bois: Daughter, Wife, Mother". Herald-Whig.
  8. ^ Salem, Dorothy C. (1990). To better our world : Black women in organized reform, 1890-1920. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Carlson Pub. ISBN 0-926019-20-1. OCLC 21035416.
  9. ^ Ramdani, Fatma (2015-03-26). "Afro-American Women Activists as True Negotiators in the International Arena (1893-1945)". European Journal of American Studies (in French). 10 (10–1). doi:10.4000/ejas.10646. hdl:20.500.12210/63477. ISSN 1991-9336.
  10. ^ "Nina Gomer Du Bois".
  11. ^ "Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. Announcement of the death of Nina Gomer Du Bois, July 26, 1950. W. E. B. Du Bois Papers (MS 312). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries". credo.library.umass.edu.
  12. ^ Horne, Gerald; Young, Mary (2001). W.E.B. Du Bois: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313296659.
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