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GATHERING OF COLORED WOMENTh« National Association to .Meet in Nash*« in.- I hi« Wt«k. IA three days* convention of the National i Association of Colored Women will ,be held nt Nashville, ’Tenn.. this week, beginning SeptPmber 15. This will be the fourth na- j tlonal assemblage «»f wpmfn of African descent, and the association, which has ac- i emnpllnhcd much for the Improvement of thHr *ociAl condition, now ha* a uieni-bernhlp estimated at 10,000, divided Into about 100 club* and representing twenty-four States. The officers are Mr*. Mary Church Terrell, of Washington, I). C., dent; Mlaa Alice Hutb Moore, of secretary; Mrs. Hooker T. Washington, ofMRS. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON! Tuskegee. Ala., chairman of executive com-; uiittee. The last named Is the chief leader of the association. I’tub r the direction of I Mr*. Washington much helpful work of the j character of nodal settlement and social i Improvement has been dope, chiefly in the Sonth. Colored women of the better class have Invaded squalid homes with wholesome ; efforts to teach a better mode of living jand Ignorant mothers h»\ been gathered and taught the virtues of orderly home-tuak-1 Ing and child-training.The coming convention Is to receive and • act upon reports of the work done by the clubs forming the association and outline | new work for the future. The gathering will ! be the roost Important assemblage of col-ored people this fear.
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Philadelphia Times
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Sep 14, 1897
Page 11
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