RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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An organization founded to improve living and working conditions for all women.
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An organization founded to improve living and working conditions for African-American women.
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An organization founded to improve living and working conditions for white women.
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An organization founded to improve living and working conditions for Hispanic women.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the 1880s, black reformers began organizing their own groups. In 1896, they founded the National Association of Colored Women (NACW), which became the largest federation of local black women’s clubs. Suffragist Mary Church Terrell became the first president of the NACW.
Detailed explanation-2: -The founders of the NACW included Harriet Tubman, Frances E.W. Harper, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, and Mary Church Terrell, who became the organization’s first president.
Detailed explanation-3: -The National Association of Colored Women (later National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs) was established in Washington, D.C., on July 21, 1896. This first of what would later become biennial convention meetings of the association was held at the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church.