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Collections & Papers
- Nancy Prophet’s Diary during her stay in Paris. Brown Archival & Manuscript Collections Online. Brown Digital Repository.
- Letter from Elizabeth Prophet to W. E. B. Du Bois, January 26, 1932. W. E. B. Du Bois Papers (MS 312). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries. Prophet closes her letter to Du Bois with "do not let America's plight distress you, she has hurt you enough already. Au revoir”
- Nancy Elizabeth Prophet Collection, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College
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March 19, 1890, Warwick, Rhode Island
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December 13, 1960 (age 70)
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Sculptor, Educator (Spelman College, Atlanta University)
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Rhode Island School of Design
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*some sources say April 6, 1845
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