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22 de jul. de 2020 · Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954), the daughter of former slaves, was a national leader for civil rights and women’s suffrage.Her activism was sparked in 1892 when one of her childhood friends was ...
Mary Church Terrell (um 1919) Mary Church Terrell, im Jahr 1946 gemalt von Betsy Graves Reyneau Gedenktafel im Robert Church Park in Memphis (Tennessee) Mary Eliza Church Terrell, geboren als Mary Eliza Church (* 23. September 1863 in Memphis; † 24. Juli 1954 in Annapolis) war eine afro-amerikanische Sozialreformerin und Bürgerrechtlerin.
10 de dez. de 1998 · The Progress of Colored Women. Atypical of most black women in the late nineteenth century, Terrell became very well educated. Mary Church Terrell was a member of the African American elite. As a speaker, writer, and political activist, she dedicated the lion's share of her talent to the pursuit of full citizenship for both women and blacks. In ...
12 de fev. de 2022 · Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954): Educator, Writer, Civil Rights Activist. Introduction: Mary Church Terrell served as a professor and principal at Wilberforce University and became the first black woman appointed to the District of Columbia Board of Education in 1895. The following year, Terrell became president of the newly formed National ...
8 de jun. de 2016 · On February 28, 1950, 86-year-old Mary Church Terrell invited her friends Reverend Arthur F. Elmes, Essie Thompson and David Scull to lunch with her at Thompson’s. Only Scull was white, and when ...
3 de fev. de 2020 · 19th Amendment at 100: Mary Church Terrell. The 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920, but this landmark event was neither the beginning nor the end of the story for women and their struggle for the right to vote. Join us in 2020 as we commemorate this centennial year with 12 stories from our holdings for you to save, print, or share.
Reviews of Unceasing Militant “Kudos to Alison Parker for her vivid portrait of the unparalleled Mary Church Terrell. In a life lived between 1863 and the end of slavery and 1954 and the birth of modern civil rights, Terrell used ‘dignified agitation’ to wage a freedom struggle against lynching and racism and in support of women’s votes, equal education, antiwar efforts, and civil rights.
