Delany

Delany is a surname and may refer to:

  • Dana Delany (born 1956), American actress
  • James Delany (born 1948), commissioner of the Big Ten Conference.
  • Martin Delany (1812 – 1885), African-American abolitionist
  • Mary Delany (1700-1788), artist and writer.
  • Samuel R. Delany (born 1942), American science fiction author
  • Sarah Louise ("Sadie") and Annie Elizabeth ("Bessie") Delany, African-American civil rights pioneers and authors.
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Famous quotes containing the word delany:

    [My mother told me:] “You must decide whether you want to get married someday, or have a career.”... I set my sights on the career. I thought, what does any man really have to offer me?
    —Annie Elizabeth Delany (b. 1891)

    I am a colored woman or a Negro woman. Either one is OK. People dislike those words now. Today these use this term African American. It wouldn’t occur to me to use that. I prefer to think of myself as an American, that’s all!
    —Annie Elizabeth Delany (b. 1891)

    I never let prejudice stop me from what I wanted to do in this life.
    —Sarah Louise Delany (b. 1889)