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Ann Nixon Cooper

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The Resume

    (January 9, 1902-December 21, 2009)
    Born in Shelbyville, Tennessee
    Raised in Nashville, Tennessee
    Resided in Atlanta, Georgia
    Died 19 days shy of her 108th birthday

Why she might be annoying:

    Her middle name is Louise.
    She wed a dentist.
    She was a member of Atlanta's black elite society.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Although registered to vote in 1941, she was not allowed to cast her ballot because of sexism and racism.
    She received numerous accolades for her community activist work.
    President Barack Obama singled her out in his acceptance speech, comparing the various struggles in her life to the social progress made in the United States.
    President Obama's quote: 'She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn’t vote for two reasons - because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.'

Credit: Black Chic


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 25 Votes: 56.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 62 Votes: 54.84% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 74 Votes: 58.11% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 59 Votes: 62.71% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 134 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 63 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 203 Votes: 51.23% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 90 Votes: 67.78% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 85 Votes: 76.47% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 116 Votes: 66.38% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 189 Votes: 70.37% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 187 Votes: 73.26% Annoying