The second-oldest person in the United States has died at age 113. Officials in Wellsley, Massachusetts, say Herlda Senhouse died in her sleep Saturday. Senhouse was born in 1911. She dreamed of becoming a nurse, but told The Boston Globe that she was turned away by a nursing school after it had met its quota of two Black students in 1931.
WELLESLEY, Mass. — Herlda Senhouse, who founded a jazz dance group to raise money for Black students in the 1950s and lived to become the second-oldest person in the United States, has died at age 113.
“She never missed an opportunity to learn more, do more, experience more,” said Hawkinson, who met Senhouse on her 108th birthday and had celebrated with her every year since. She later worked as a housekeeper for several families and founded the Boston Clique Club, which raised money to improve educational opportunities for Black students in Boston.
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