Following the Colonel's retirement in 1906, Josephine and her husband led the founding of Allensworth, an all-black settlement about 40 miles north of Bakersfield, California, now preserved as a State Historic Park. In Allensworth, Josephine helped found the Women's Improvement League, sat on the school board, and donated the property for the Mary Dickinson Memorial Library, the public library named for her mother. After her husband was killed in 1914 by a reckless motorcyclist in Monrovia, Josephine remained in Allensworth until 1922, then moved to Los Angeles to live with her daughter Nella, son-in-law Louis Blodgett, (the most successful black contractor in the city), and their children, until her death in 1939.
Following the Colonel's retirement in 1906, Josephine and her husband led the founding of Allensworth, an all-black settlement about 40 miles north of Bakersfield, California, now preserved as a State Historic Park. In Allensworth, Josephine helped found the Women's Improvement League, sat on the school board, and donated the property for the Mary Dickinson Memorial Library, the public library named for her mother. After her husband was killed in 1914 by a reckless motorcyclist in Monrovia, Josephine remained in Allensworth until 1922, then moved to Los Angeles to live with her daughter Nella, son-in-law Louis Blodgett, (the most successful black contractor in the city), and their children, until her death in 1939.
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