Henrietta Duterte

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Henrietta Duterte was a pioneering 19th-century African American undertaker and philanthropist in Philadelphia, recognized as one of the first Black female funeral home owners in the United States.

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Henrietta Duterte canonical 1

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instanceOf African American businesswoman ⓘ
abolitionist ⓘ
person ⓘ
undertaker ⓘ
activeInCentury 19th century ⓘ
associatedWithCity Philadelphia ⓘ
birthPlace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
businessLocation Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
businessOwnership Black-owned business ⓘ
woman-owned business ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
era Reconstruction-era United States ⓘ
linked to: Reconstruction era

pre–Civil War United States ⓘ
ethnicity African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Duterte ⓘ
linked to: Rodrigo Duterte
fieldOfWork abolitionism ⓘ
funeral services ⓘ
philanthropy ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Henrietta ⓘ
historicalSignificance early example of Black female entrepreneurship in the United States ⓘ
one of the first documented African American women undertakers in the United States ⓘ
knownFor assisting freedom seekers on the Underground Railroad ⓘ
philanthropic support of African American communities in Philadelphia ⓘ
pioneering role as a Black woman in the American funeral industry ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movement Underground Railroad ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first Black female funeral home owners in the United States ⓘ
operating an African American–owned undertaking business in Philadelphia ⓘ
occupation funeral director ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
undertaker ⓘ
operatedBusinessType funeral home ⓘ
undertaking establishment ⓘ
philanthropicActivity donating profits from her undertaking business to charitable causes ⓘ
race Black ⓘ
regionOfActivity Northeastern United States ⓘ
religiousOrCommunityAffiliation African American church community in Philadelphia ⓘ
residence Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
socialRole community leader ⓘ
spouse Francis A. Duterte ⓘ
supportedCause anti-slavery movement ⓘ
welfare of African American orphans and the poor ⓘ

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Eden Cemetery → burialPlaceOf → Henrietta Duterte ⓘ