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Eva Carter Buckner, from a 1919 publication.
Born	Eva Carter 1881 Washington, Iowa
Died	February 15, 1946 Los Angeles, California
Nationality	American
Occupation	Writer (poet, songwriter); suffragist

Eva Carter Buckner (1861 – February 15, 1946) was a prominent African-American suffragist, poet, and songwriter.

Early life

Eva Carter was born in 1861 in Washington, Iowa. Both of her parents were from Pennsylvania. As a young child, her family lived in Des Moines, Iowa, and Colorado Springs, Colorado, when she attended public school. Buckner began writing poetry as a student in Colorado Springs, where she won a poetry contest run by Mrs. J. D. Robinson, the mayor's wife.

Career

Writing

Buckner was a well-known poet and songwriter, whose work inspired African American voices in both the suffrage movement and the civil rights movement. Buckner's poetry appeared in the Denver Post, The Colorado Springs Sun, The Western Enterprise, the Advocate, and The Daily Tribune of Los Angeles. Her songs were used in both the Colorado and California meetings of Colored Women's Clubs.

Political activity

Buckner was a member of the Los Angeles Forum of Colored Women, and shared her poetry at their meetings. She was also active in the NAACP, working for the NAACP school committee of Los Angeles.

As former chair of suffrage for the California State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, she was among the activists invited to comment on the death of Anna Howard Shaw in 1919. In 1922, she campaigned for Friend W. Richardson in the California gubernatorial race. In 1928, she was general chair of outreach to black women for the Herbert Hoover presidential campaign in southern California.

Personal life

Eva Carter Buckner moved to Los Angeles around 1910. She was married to Edward Buckner; they had three children: Mabel, Eugenia, and Garrie. Eva Carter Buckner died February 15, 1946, in Los Angeles.