Mary P. Burrill, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mary P. Burrill

American playwright

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Date of Death: 13-Mar-1946

Profession: writer, playwright, suffragist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Mary P.
Burrill (August 1881 – March 13, 1946) was an early 20th-century African-American female playwright of the Harlem Renaissance, who inspired Willis Richardson and other students to write plays.
Burrill herself wrote plays about the Black Experience, their literary and cultural activities, and the Black Elite.
She featured the kind of central figures as were prominent in the black society of Washington D.C., and others who contributed to black women’s education in early twentieth century.