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Drusilla Poole
Drusilla Poole (1883-1972), was born in Washington, DC. She was the third of seven children. She married Archibald Poole and moved to his hometown of Staten Island, New York in the late 1910s. She worked for many years as a secretary to the William A. Morris Moving Van Line company and became deeply involved with Shiloh AME Zion Church. She was a leader in the community and an active member of the National Association of Colored Women, Urban League, Empire State Federation of Women’s Clubs, Inc., and Helping Hand Society. She was founding Secretary of the NAACP’s Staten Island Chapter and served as President of the Women’s Civic and Political Union through the 1930s.