Frances Mary Albrier

Frances Mary Albrier (September 21, 1898, Mount Vernon, New York-August 21, 1987) was a civil rights activist and community leader.

Albrier was born in Mount Vernon, New York, and raised in Tuskegee, Alabama by her grandparents. She attended the Tuskegee Institute through high school. She received a B.A. from Howard University in 1920, and moved to Berkeley, California.

She became active in local politics in Alameda County, California, where she served as a Democratic Central Committeewoman. She also founded the East Bay Women's Welfare Club of mothers.

In 1942, Albrier trained as a welder, in order to contribute to the World War II war effort. Initially the Boilermakers Union was unwilling to accept her as a member. However, the union eventually accepted her dues as a result of pressure from the community. She became the first African American woman hired at Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California.

Albrier played an important role in eliminating discrimination against hiring African-American teachers in the Berkeley, California public schools.

She received the NAACP "Fight for Freedom" Award in 1954.