Founder
The founder of NCNW
What is Mary McLeod Bethune
Date and location NCNW was founded
What is December 5, 1935
The place where Abraham Lincoln took his first presidential picture is known to us as
What is NCNW Headquarters
NCNW's Core 4
What is
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship
Healthcare
Education (STEAM)
Social Justice
The state that Mary McLeod Bethune was born
What is South Carolina
NCNW's Mission
What is "To lead, advocate for and empower women of African descent, their families and communities."
An action performed by NCNW
What is
Organized White House Conference on Governmental Cooperation in the Approach to the Problems of Negro Women and Children
Became a member of the U.S. War Department’s Bureau of Public Relations under the Women’s Interest Section
Launched education campaigns, urging black workers to improve their job skills and to maintain professional attitudes and appearances
NCNW targets
What is
Promote and recognize leadership among women of color
Champion civil and human rights
Reduce health disparities
Celebrate and strengthen the African American family
Reach out to women in need in Africa and around the world
Mary McLeod Bethune received her first honorary degree from
What is South Carolina State University
Date NCNW was incorporated
What is July 25, 1936
An action performed by NCNW
What is
Organized White House Conference on Governmental Cooperation in the Approach to the Problems of Negro Women and Children
Became a member of the U.S. War Department’s Bureau of Public Relations under the Women’s Interest Section
Launched education campaigns, urging black workers to improve their job skills and to maintain professional attitudes and appearances
Leaders of our SCSU section
What is Ingrid McMillan and Olivia Ratliff
Two organizations Mary Mcleod Bethune co-founded
What is UNCF & NAACP
Why NCNW began
What is
Disappointment with the lack of unity and cooperation between “Negro” women’s groups
To lead, advocate for, and empower women of African descent, their families and their communities.
Location of Mary McLeod Bethune Statue
What is Lincoln Park
Current leaders (4)
What is Shavon Arline-Bradley, A. Lois Keith, Chanelle Johnson, Willease N. Williams
Mary McLeod Bethune said, "I believe that the greatest hope for the development of my race lies in..."
What is "training our women thoroughly and practically."
Recite NCNW's pledge
What is "It is our pledge to make a lasting contribution to all that is finest and best in America, to cherish and enrich her heritage of freedom and progress by working for the integration of all her people regardless of race, creed, or national origin, into her spiritual, social, cultural, civic and economic life, and thus aid her to achieve the glorious destiny of a true and unfettered democracy."
Mary McLeod Bethune's statue at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. depicts her holding
What is a black rose
Women of our legacy (8)
What is Mary McLeod Bethune, Dorothy Celeste Boulding Ferebee, Vivian Carter Mason, Dorothy Irene Height, Barbara L. Shaw, Ingrid Saunders Jones, Johnnetta Betsch Cole, Thelma T. Daley