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National Association of Colored Women's Clubs Emblem. The National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC) is an American organization that was formed in July 1896 at the First Annual Convention of the National Federation of Afro-American Women in Washington, D.C., United States, by a merger of the National Federation of Afro-American Women, the Woman's Era Club of Boston, and the Colored ...
African-American women's clubs began to decline in the 1920s. [83] By the 1960s, interest and membership in white women's clubs started to decline. [20] As women had more opportunities to socialize, many clubs found their members were aging and were unable to recruit newer members. [12] [84]
African-American Women for Reproductive Freedom; Alabama's Colored Women's Club; Assata's Daughters; Association of Black Women Historians; Association of Deans of Women and Advisers to Girls in Negro Schools
The South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs (SCFCWC) was an African American women's club founded in 1909 in South Carolina. The umbrella organization was created by Marion Birnie Wilkinson, Sara B. Henderson, Lizella A. Jenkins Moorer, Celia Dial Saxon and other women who met at Sydney Park Church in Columbia. [1]
The Woman's Era Club was the first African-American women's club in Boston and was founded by Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin. [1] [2] The club, depending on the source, was founded anytime between 1892 and 1894. [3] [2] [1] The name of the club came from the paper, The Woman's Era, [4] though it had also earlier been called "The New Era Club."
The Louisiana Federation of Women's Clubs was organized in 1899. The 1922 directory listed 25 clubs, [8]: 96 not including any African-American women's clubs. Clubs in the state have included: Era Club of New Orleans, founded 1896; Krewe of Muses, New Orleans, founded in 2000; Tallulah Book Club Building, Tallulah, Louisiana, NRHP-listed
The Links is an American, invitation-only, social and service organization of prominent black women in the United States. Founded in 1946, it is the largest nationwide organization of prominent black women in the United States. Members include Kamala Harris [citation needed], Marian Wright Edelman, and the late Betty Shabazz.
The first African American women's club in Alabama, the "Ten Times One is Ten Club" was established in Montgomery, Alabama in 1888. [1] [2] Laura Coleman, the founder, wanted to create a club to both improve the lives of the members and the community. [2] It was followed by the Anna M. Duncan Club of Montgomery, established in 1897. [2]