Indigenous Women: Olivia Ward Bush-Banks
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Olivia Ward Bush-Banks (1869-1944) was a writer, journalist, historian, and poet whose work was closely tied to her identity as a Black Montaukett woman. Our understanding of the Harlem Renaissance, as well as knowledge of certain regional and ethnic dialects, are vastly greater thanks to her efforts.