Anna J. Cooper Circle

Anna J. Cooper Circle is a traffic circle and park at the intersection of 3rd and T Streets, Northwest, in the historic LeDroit Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C.[1] In 1983, the circle was named in honor of Anna Julia Haywood Cooper (1858–1964), an author, educator, feminist, and influential African American scholar who once lived in LeDroit Park.[2]

Anna J. Cooper Circle
Anna J. Cooper Circle
Location
LeDroit Park, Northwest, Washington, D.C.
Coordinates38°54′57.4″N 77°0′56.7″W
Roads at
junction
3rd Street NW
T Street NW
Construction
TypeTraffic circle
Maintained byDDOT

See also

References

  1. United States Congress (1986), United States Congressional Serial Set, United States Government Printing Office, p. 92
  2. Margaret Supplee Smith; Emily Herring Wilson (1999), North Carolina Women: Making History, University of North Carolina Press, p. 333, ISBN 0-8078-2463-1


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