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Jan 29, 1923 Lebanon Died on 23 Jul 2019 (aged 96)
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About Rella Braithwaite
- Rella Aylestock Braithwaite (January 29, 1923 – July 23, 2019) was a Canadian author.She was born in Lebanon, a descendant of Black pioneers who settled in the Queen's Bush area, and was educated in Listowel, Ontario.
- In 1946, Braithwaite and her husband Bob settled in Scarborough, Ontario; she served on the local school board.
- She wrote a column on Black history for the Contrast newspaper.
- In 1975, Braithwaite published The Black Woman in Canada on outstanding Canadian Black women.
- She also helped the Ministry of Education in Ontario develop a Black Studies guide for use in the classroom.Her daughter is singer Diana Braithwaite.
