Nannie C. Burden

{{Short description|American operatic soprano (1891–1947)}}

File:Nannie Burden 1914.jpg, May 23, 1914]]

Nannie C. Burden (1891–1947) was a Coloratura soprano and clubwoman in New York City.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=asKKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT107|title=After the Vote: Feminist Politics in La Guardia's New York|page=107|first=Elisabeth Israels|last=Perry|date=March 6, 2019|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199341863|via=Google Books}} She also ran for political office.

She was described as an operatic soprano of international reputation{{cite news |title=Soprano Will Give Program Here Monday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102953429/soprano-will-give-program-here-monday/ |access-date=1 June 2022 |work=Times Herald |date=5 July 1929 |pages=9}}{{Open access}} and as one of the "most charming and accomplished" sopranos of African American heritage.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28257899/nannie-burden-soprno-kcsun23may1914/|title=A Magnificent Recital|work=The Kansas City Sun|date=May 23, 1914|page=1|via=newspapers.com}} In October 1916, she performed at a church in Philadelphia.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NVi0eYa8GZgC&dq=Nannie+Burden+soprano&pg=PA54|title=Marian Anderson: A Singer's Journey|first=Allan|last=Keiler|date=June 30, 2002|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=9780252070679|via=Google Books}} She was involved with the National Association of Colored Women , and her address was listed as 2 Fourth Street, Nicholas Place, Apartment 42 in New York City.{{Cite web|url=https://crowd.loc.gov/campaigns/mary-church-terrell-advocate-for-african-americans-and-women/democracy-in-action/mss425490301/mss425490301-70/|title=Mary Church Terrell Papers: Subject File, 1884–1962; National Association of Colored Women, 1897–1962; Miscellaneous; 1930–1936|website=crowd.loc.gov}} In 1929, she was named regional president of the Empire State Federation of Women's Clubs.{{cite news |title=Regional President |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73981675/new-ork-age-23-nov-1929-p2/ |access-date=1 June 2022 |work=The New York Age |date=23 November 1929 |pages=2}} She chaired the Burden Artist Bureau. Julia P. H. Coleman was the group's secretary.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18182345/the-pittsburgh-courier/|title=Clipped from the Pittsburgh Courier|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier |date=November 26, 1927|page=6|via=newspapers.com}} She was a member of the St. Mark's Methodist Episcopal Church (now St. Mark's United Methodist Church) in New York.{{Cite news |date=1934-02-17 |title=Manhattan and Bronx Newsettes |pages=2 |work=The New York Age |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116133884/manhattan-and-bronx-newsettes/ |access-date=2023-01-09}}

She is buried at Frederick Douglass Memorial Park on Staten Island.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29663706/nannie-c-burden-7-years-president-new/|title=Hold Memorial Service for Nannie C. Burden|work=The New York Age|date=June 17, 1950|page=3|via=newspapers.com}} Robert T. Bess eulogized her at the cemetery on Decoration Day in 1950. Bess founded the Nannie C. Burden Book Lovers Club, Inc. and served as its president.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KM-7AAAAIAAJ&dq=Ellen+Maud+Talbot+Robert+Theophilus+Bess&pg=PA100 |title=Who's Who in Commerce and Industry |date=1965 |publisher=Marquis Who's Who |pages=100 |language=en}}