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National Association of Colored Women is organized by Mary Church Terrell.
1896 (Jul 21)
The National Association of Colored Women, led by Mary Church Terrell, was organized in Washington, D.C. Terrell was born in Memphis, Tennessee, at the close of the Civil War, to wealthy and well-educated parents. Terrell inherited a substantial fortune and received an Oberlin education. She probably would have become a teacher, but her father considered the occupation beneath her. As Mary Church, she married Robert Terrell, a prominent Washington, D.C., educator, attorney, and judge. Terrell did become a feminist leader and a close associate of a number of white feminist leaders. She remained wedded to the goal of racial integration despite numerous disappointments.
References:
- • Hornsby, Alton. Chronology of African-American History: Significant Events and People from 1619 to the Present. Detroit: Gale Research, 1995.