National Council of Negro Women Brochure, 1946

African American women

National Council of Negro Women -- History

African American women -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century

African American women -- Social conditions

This brochure describes the mission and history of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). There are photographs of some of the members of the NCNW, a list of affiliated organizations and a list of the metropolitan councils of the NCNW by region.

National Council of Negro Women

State Archives of Florida, Collection M95-2

1946

brochures

eng-US

Text

m95-2_b001_f06_01

Postwar Florida (1945-1968)

Washington (D.C.)

New York City (N.Y.)

Wilmington (Del.)

Boston (Mass.)

Madison (N.J.)

Long Island (New York)

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Pittsburgh (Pa.)

Norfolk (Va.)

Baltimore (Md.)

Cincinnati (Ohio)

Cleveland (Ohio)

Dayton (Ohio)

Richmond (Va.)

Atlanta (Ga.)

Asheville (N.C.)

Raleigh (N.C.)

High Point (N.C.)

Salisbury (N.C.)

Greensboro (N.C.)

Durham (N.C.)

Charlotte (N.C.)

Winston-Salem (N.C.)

Memphis (Tenn.)

Nashville (Tenn.)

Lexington (Miss.)

Birmingham (Ala.)

Montgomery (Ala.)

Selma (Ala.)

Little Rock (Ark.)

Daytona Beach (Fla.)

Volusia County (Fla.)

Jacksonville (Fla.)

Duval County (Fla.)

Miami (Fla.)

Miami-Dade County (Fla.)

Saint Petersburg (Fla.)

Pinellas County (Fla.)

Austin (Tex.)

Beaumont (Tex.)

Dallas (Tex.)

Fort Worth (Tex.)

Houston (Tex.)

Marshall (Tex.)

San Antonio (Tex.)

Temple (Tex.)

Waco (Tex.)

Chicago (Ill.)

Kansas City (Kans.)

Kansas City (Mo.)

Saint Louis (Mo.)

Gary (Ind.)

Detroit (Mich.)

San Francisco (Calif.)

Los Angeles (Calif.)

/fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/m95-2_b001_f06_01.jpg

m95-2_b001_f06_01_01

m95-2_b001_f06_01_02

m95-2_b001_f06_01_03

m95-2_b001_f06_01_04

Social Life And Customs

All-India Congress of Women

National Council of Negro Women

United Nations

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

Iota Phi Lambda Sorority

National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses

Phi Delta Kappa

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority

African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Woman's Home and Overseas Missionary Society

African Methodist Episcopal Church. Women's Missionary Society

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority

Aframerican Woman's Journal (periodical)

Telefact (periodical)

Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955

Pandit, Vijaya Lakshmi, 1900-1990

Terrell, Mary Church, 1863-1954

Slowe, Lucy Diggs, 1885-1937

Thurman, Sue Bailey, 1903-1996

Osborne, Estelle Massey Riddle, 1901-1981

Berry, Buena Kelley

Border, Julia Pate

Mallory, Arenia Conelia, 1904-1977

Dailey, Eleanor Curtis

Somerville, Vada J.

Clayton, Edith Spurlock Sampson, 1901-1979

Carter, Eunice Roberta Hunton, 1899-1970

Higgins, Mame Mason

Ferebee, Dorothy Boulding, 1898?-1980

Perry, Ora Brown Stokes, 1882-1957

Bluett, Marion H.

Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess, 1879-1964

National Council of Negro Women NCNW 1946

(Left) Mrs. Bethune presiding over a session of an annual Council Workshop. (Right) In keeping with our idea of international cooperation, Madame Pandit of India brings to the women of America a message from the All-India Congress of Women. This Group is now an affiliate of NCNW. United IN PURPOSE - United IN ACTION Unity is the strength of our time. The National Council of Negro Women seeks the cooperation and membership of all races, and works for the integration of Negroes into the economic, social, cultural, civic and political life of every community. Thus can we achieve a true democracy. Women no longer face alone the price of food and rent. The Welfare and security of the most remote household are now of public concern. Together we meet in our community, in our nation, internationally. Together we undertake to solve the problem of our time. We take action. We support legislation. We vote. Negro Women, along with the women of all races, claim full citizenship rights, accept full citizenship duties. The National Council of Negro Women was founded eleven years ago under the leadership of Mary McLeod Bethune. In 1935, Mary Church Terrell and Lucy Diggs Slowe Joined her in signing the charter of the first council of organizations in the history of organized Negro women. Thus they forged the strength and resources of the national women's groups into one mighty instrument. Today the Council embraces nineteen national organization, fifty metropolitan councils, and is housed in a permanent national headquarters in the nation's capital. Its membership includes representatives of all classes, interests and activities. A principal activity for NCNW is the dissemination of information for, by and about Negro women. It Publishes a quarterly journal and a monthly bulletin. It seeks out and makes known the facts of our past, the accomplishments of our present. The National Council of Negro Women in a single decade has won status in the international "one world" of our day. The Council idea, when fully comprehended and used, can make a lasting contribution to all that is finest and best in America, so that her heritage of freedom and progress can be infinitely enriched. Fifty Metropolitan Councils are scattered throughout the country, each making its contribution to the welfare of the community.

Mrs. Bethune at a dinner honoring Mrs. Sue Bailey Thurman, first editor of the AFRAMERICAN WOMAN'S JOURNAL, a quarterly with circulation aims far beyond Council members. This distinctive quarterly deals with the main issues of our time at home and abroad, and records the accomplishments of the colored citizens. Mrs. Thurman is now chairman of the Archives Committee, which is building a library at National Headquarters of books by and about Negro women. This Committee is also collecting documentary materials significant to the life of Negro womanhood, such as the lost book of famous autographs of Sojourner Truth. NCNW through its founder-president made history by voicing the opinion and aspirations of Negro womanhood at the San Francisco conference in 1945. NCNW now has permanent representation at the United Nations. We accept responsibility for helping to crystallize public opinion in support of UN, especially in the field of dependent areas. Youth would like to enjoy life today as youth, as well as life tomorrow as adults. Have we done all in our power to make their lives happy? Are we not to blame for asking them to serve upon a bloody battlefield to save the world from fascism - to help buy millions of dollars worth of bonds to pay for huge war debts - to live stacked up in other people's houses - to accept jobs below their highest skills - and to face discrimination? Our founder-president emphasizes through the Youth Conservation Department, the responsibility of NCNW in giving our children the chance for a good life. 1946 honorees. Each year the Council honors a number of American women for outstanding services and achievements. "Each is a symbol," says Mrs. Bethune, "of the character and quality of the service which the womanhood of America is making to bring to early fulfillment rich and abundant living for all people."

Affiliated Organizations Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Daughter Elks-Grand Temple Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Heralds of Jericho Iota Phi Lambda Sorority Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority National Association of Mme.C.J. Walker Agents National Achievement Clubs National Association Colored Graduate Nurses National Association of Beauty Culture School Owners and Teachers National Beauty Culturists League National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa National Dental Association Auxiliary National Jeanes Association Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Women's Army for National Defense Women's Auxiliary to the National Medical Association Women's Home and foreign Missionary Society (A.M.E. Zion Church) Women's Missionary Society of the A.M.E. Church Zeta Phi Beta Sorority NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN 1318 Vermont Ave., N.W. Washington 5, D.C. Please send me more information about the Council. I want to subscribe to the Aframerican Journal 1.50 I want to contribute to the work of NCNW Amount () Name Street City Zone State NATIONAL COUNCIL 20 National Women's Organizations Life Sustaining, and Annual Memberships 50 METROPOLITAN COUNCILS Local Chapters of the affiliated National Organizations Associate Memberships NCNW PUBLICATIONS: Aframerican Woman's Journal, a quarterly magazine. Distinctive, informative, readable. $1.50 per year. Telefact, a monthly news bulletin up to the minute on issues of the day. Suggests timely action, especially on legislative matters. 50 cents per year. NATIONAL OFFICERS Founder-President Mary McLeod Bethune Vice-Presidents Estelle Massey Riddle Buena Kelley Berry Julia Pate Borders Arenia C. Mallory Eleanor Curtis Dailey Vada J. Somerville Chairman Executive Board Edith Sampson Clayton Registrar Marion H. Bluett Chairman Board of Trustees Eunice Hunton Carter Recording Secretary Mame Mason Higgins Treasurer Dorothy Building Ferebee Parliamentarian Ora Brown Stokes Historian Mary Church Terrell Through the efforts of NCNW a liberty ship was named for this famous woman too long obscure. NATIONAL COUNCIL of NEGRO WOMEN, INC. Mary McLeod Bethune Founder-President METROPOLITAN COUNCILS REGION I Mrs. Estelle Massey Riddle, 1790 Broadway, N.Y. 19, N.Y. DEL: Wilmington MASS: Boston N.J. Madison N.Y. Long Island, New York City R.I. PA. Philadelphia, Pittsburgh REGION II Mrs. Buena Kelley Berry, 1021 Maltby Ave., Norfolk 4, Va. KY. D.C. Washington MD Baltimore OHIO Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton VA Norfolk, Richmond W.VA REGION III Mrs. Julia Pate Borders, 24 Younge St., N.W., Atlanta, GA GA Atlanta N.C. Asheville, Raleigh, High Point, Salisbury, Greensboro, Durham, Charlotte, Winston-Salem S.C. TENN Memphis, Nashville REGION IV Miss Arenia C. Mallory, Saints Industrial and Literary School, Lexington, Miss ALA Birmingham, Montgomery, Selma Ark Little Rock FLA Daytona Beach, Jacksonville, Miami, St. Petersburg LA OKLA MISS TEX Austin, Beaumont, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Houston, Marshall, San Antonio, Temple, Waco REGION V Mrs. Eleanor C. Dailey, 4758 South Parkway, Chicago 15, III. KAN Kansas City MO Kansas City, St. Louis ILL Chicago IND Gary MICH Detroit IOWA MINN NEBR REGION VI Dr. Vada J. Somerville 2014 S. Harvard Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. ARIZ CALIF Bay Area, San Francisco, Los Angeles COLO OREG WASH There are life members in most states named here. NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN 1318 Vermont Ave., N.W., Washington 5, D.C.