NACWC BASICS
MOTTO ?
"Lifting as we climb"
When was NACWC established?
July 21st, 1896
What kids did the NACWC provide with financial assistance ?
The nine black students integrating Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Who was the 7th president?
Hallie Q. Brown
What did Josephine do with part of her estate fund?
Used part of it to fund Women's Era
FLOWER ?
Violet
When was the NACWC Tennessee State University chapter founded?
December 11, 1996
The NACWC saw their organization in terms of gender and race; viewing their women’s movement as a way to uplift who?
black women, men, and children.
The NACWC saw the struggle for suffrage as the right to vote not just for women, but also for black men.
Who was the 16th president?
Dr. Rosa L Gragg
Which of the NACWC founders were also founders of the NAACP ?
Mary Church Terrell and Ida B. Wells-Barnett
FOUNDERS ? (name 4)
Harriet Tubman, Frances E.W. Harper, Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, Mary Church Terrell
When did the national scholarship fund for college bound African American Women began?
1912
In addition to their social services, the NACWC actively promoted cultural events such as ?
Musical concerts and literature groups
Who was the 31st president?
Opal Bacon
2 African American men noticed the growing activity of the club movement among black women and commented on that growth and on occasion spoke to the clubwomen. Who were these two men?
W.E.B. Du Bois and John Hope
NATIONAL EMBELEM ?
Two women joining hands as they help each other climb.
Over 300 newly registered clubs were registered by when?
1916
How did the NACWC clubwomen support the war efforts in World War 2 ?
Endorsed the sale of savings bond and federal thrift program.
Who was the 25th president?
Dr. Patricia Fletcher
After the United States entered World War 1, the NACWC raised how much in war bonds?
Over $5,000,000
NACWC focused on issues such as ..?
employment, suffrage, lynching, temperance, politics, segregation, etc.
When did Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin die?
March 1924
Name 3 NACWC objectives ?
. To work for the economic, moral, religious and social welfare of women and children.
· To protect the rights of women and children
· To raise the standard and quality of life in home and family
· To secure and use our influence for the enforcement of civic an political rights for all citizens.
· To promote the education of women and children through the work of effective programs.
· To obtain for African American families the opportunity of reaching the highest levels of human endeavors.
· To promote effective interaction with the organization male auxiliary.
· To promote inter-racial understanding so that justice and goodwill may prevail amongst all people.
· To hold informative workshops biennially at the organization’s National Convention
Who was the 8th president?
Mary Mcleod Bethune
Anica Anderson, Jeri Williams, and LaToyur Tisdale, along with Eleanor S. Bass helped form what NACWC chapter?
TSU- Woe