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COLORED WOMEN TO MEETGathering of National Association Will BeIn Chicago.The convention of the National Abbo-ciation of Colored Women will be held in Chicago Aug. 14, 15, 10 and 17. Fully 1,000 women from every corner of the country will meet for a discussion of the needs of their race. It will not only be the largest rssemblage of colored women this year, but it will Vie the most important. All that stands for culture and education among the colored people has been called into play in the making of the convention's programme.THESE WILL TAKE PART.Among the prominent women these will take part in the discussion:Mrs. Church Terrell, president of the association.Mrs. B. K. Bruce, wife of the late United States Senator Bruce.Mrs. Booker T. Washington,Mrs. Frederick Douglas.Mrs. Josephine Silone Yates.Miss Anna Jones of Kansas City.Mrs. J. Imogene Howard of New Y.ork, member of the board of lady managers of the Columbian exposition.Mrs. Anna J. Cooper, who wrote “A Voice From the South.”Mrs. J. Pierce Ruffin, wife of the first colored judge of Massachusetts.Mrs. Fanny Jackson Choppin, the or ator.Mrs. Paul Lawrence Dunbar, the poet’s wife.Cordelia Roy, the colored people's poet, and her sister, Florence T. Roy.Mrs. S. J. S. Carnet, widow of Henry Highland Garnet.Mrs. Lucy Thurman, temperance worker.Mrs. Jerome Jeffrey, a leader in the organization.Mrs. Josephine Turpin Washington, who speaks so fearlessly of the race problem and in the south is known as the brave woman,” is another.LAWS WILL BE DISCUSSED.The leading question for discussion is The Miscegenation Laws of the South,” while domestic science, kindergarten work, community life, the convict lease system and other topics will come in for a place on the programme. The meetings will be held each morning, after noon and evening at l^uinn chapel, Wabash avenue and Twenty-fourth street, and Sunday, the 13th, the more prominent women will address the con gregations of the various colored churches.Mayor Harrison will open the conven tion with the city’s greetings, following which Mrs. Ellen Henrotin, representing the Chicago women’s club, will speak a word of greeting to the colored women from their white sisters.The National Association of Colored Women was formed in 189G at Boston and is composed of local clubs, its scheme of organization being similar to the National Federation of Women's Clubs.NAMES OF THE OFFICERS.The officers of the association are:President—Mrs. Mary Churchill Terrell, Washington, 1). C.Vice-presidents—Mrs. B. K. Bruce, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Lucy Thurman, Jackson, Mich.Recording secretary—Mrs. C. S. Smith Nashville, Tenn.Financial secretary—Miss Victoria Thompkins, Washington, D. C.Treasurer—Mrs. J. Silone Yates, Kansas City, Mo.The local organization, of which Mrs. Fannie Barrier Williams is president, is making every effort to entertain its guests nobly.
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Fort Madison Weekly Democrat
Fort Madison, Iowa, US
Wed, Aug 09, 1899
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