USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

GILDED AGE POLITICS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Mary Church Terrell was an African American leader who campaigned against lynching, worked for woman suffrage, and helped to found the
A
Exodusters.
B
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -She also actively embraced women’s suffrage, which she saw as essential to elevating the status of black women, and consequently, the entire race. She actively campaigned for black women’s suffrage. She even picketed the Wilson White House with members of the National Woman’s Party in her zeal for woman suffrage.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mary Church Terrell was the daughter of small-business owners who were former enslaved people. She attended Oberlin College. Terrell was a suffragist and the first president of the National Association of Colored Women and-at the suggestion of W.E.B. Du Bois-a charter member of the NAACP.

Detailed explanation-3: -A dedicated suffragist during her Oberlin years, she continued to be active within circles in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Terrell believed in racial uplift and equal opportunity, actively campaigning for women’s and Black women’s suffrage.

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