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The organization has its roots in the Coalition of 100 Black Women, founded in New York City in 1970 by Edna Beach and 23 other African-American women. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Jewell Jackson McCabe , [ 4 ] one of the original founders, became President of the New York chapter in 1977 and set out to create a national coalition.
Bass grew up in North Philadelphia and graduated from Parkway-Northwest High School and Temple University. She served as chair of the Coalition of 100 Black Women, [2] was involved with Mt. Airy USA and worked as a community loan officer. [3] In 2005, she started the Northwest Fund, a non-profit that funds neighborhood groups. [4]
National Coalition of 100 Black Women Woman of the Year Award; Philadelphia Young Playwrights Advocate Award [43] Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania Take the Lead Award [44] Girls Inc. Strong, Smart & Bold Award [45] Women's Way Powerful Voice: Leadership Award [46] School District of Philadelphia's Obermayer Award: Outstanding Alumni [47]
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Jewell Jackson McCabe (born August 2, 1945) is an American feminist, business executive, social and political activist.She was a leader of, and spokesperson for, the National Coalition of 100 Black Women's movement [1] [2] [3] in the mid to late 1970s in New York City and for the national movement throughout the United States in the early 1980s into the 1990s, as founder of the organization ...
A coalition of Black women has launched a three-point plan to help elect Vice President Harris. The “100 Days of Action by Black Women for Kamala,” which began as an online Facebook group ...
[38] [39] She received a Candace Award from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women in 1983, the Pearl S. Buck Foundation Women's Award in 1988, and the Essence Magazine Award in 1989. [40] [41] [6] Her work was featured in the 2015 exhibition We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s-1970s at the Woodmere Art Museum. [42]
Emma Chappell, the first Black female to form a commercial bank in the U.S., the United Bank of Philadelphia in 1992 has passed away at the age of 80.