Gertrude Bustill Mossell
Gertrude Emily Hicks Bustill Mossell was an AfricanAmerican author, journalist and teacher.
She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 3, 1855 to Emily Robinson and Charles Hicks Bustill. Her greatgrandfather, Cyrus Bustill, served in George Washingtons troops as a baker and after the War of Independence, he started a successful bakery in Philadelphia. The elder Bustill also cofounded the first black mutualaid society in America, the Free African Society. Among the many other Bustills of distinction are Gertrudes greataunt, abolitionist and educator Grace Bustill Douglass and her daughter Sarah Mapps Douglass, who followed in her mothers footsteps.
Source: Wikipedia