1900's Religion | "How Can We as Women Advance the Standing of the Race?"

Journal article

By: Annie H. Jones

Date: July 1904

Source: Jones, Annie H. "How Can We as Women Advance The Standing of the Race?" National Association Notes 7, no. 11, July 1904, 9–13. Available online at http://womhist.binghamton.edu/nacw/doc16.htm; website home page: http://womhist.binghamton.edu/index.html (accessed May 16, 2003).

About the Organization: The National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC) was founded in 1896 in Washington, D.C., with the motto "Lifting As We Climb." The major objectives of the NACWC were the promotion of the family life of black women and the elevation of their social status. Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, a founder of the organization, emphasized "the training of our children," "the moral education of the race," and...