Winifred Mason

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Winifred Mason (born June 22, 1918) was an African-American jeweler, active in New York in the 1940s. She worked primarily in copper, and was inspired by West Indian cultural traditions. She is believed to be the first commercial African-American jeweler in the United States. Under her married name, Winifred Chenet, she also sold jewelry in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She escaped from Haiti following the murder of her husband by the Tonton Macoute in 1963, and returned to the United States. rdf:langString
rdf:langString Winifred Mason
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rdf:langString Winifred Mason
rdf:langString Winifred Mason
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xsd:date 1918-06-22
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xsd:date 1918-06-22
rdf:langString Winifred Mason, 1936
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rdf:langString Jean E. Chenet
rdf:langString Winifred Mason (born June 22, 1918) was an African-American jeweler, active in New York in the 1940s. She worked primarily in copper, and was inspired by West Indian cultural traditions. She is believed to be the first commercial African-American jeweler in the United States. Under her married name, Winifred Chenet, she also sold jewelry in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She escaped from Haiti following the murder of her husband by the Tonton Macoute in 1963, and returned to the United States.
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