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orator. religious leader. civil rights activist. businesswoman. Known for. Founding the National Training School for Women and Girls. Nannie Helen Burroughs (May 2, 1879 – May 20, 1961) was an educator, orator, religious leader, civil rights activist, feminist, and businesswoman in the United States. [1]
Nannie Helen Burroughs (Orange, 2 de maio de 1879 – Washington D.C, 20 de maio de 1961) foi uma educadora, oradora, líder religiosa, ativista dos direitos civis, feminista e empresária nos Estados Unidos. [1]
31 de mar. de 2021 · Burroughs defied societal restrictions placed on her gender and race and her work foreshadowed the main principles of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. The Trades Hall , now a National Historic Landmark, is the last physical legacy of her lifelong pursuit for worldwide racial and gender equality.
28 de fev. de 2021 · Retropolis. Denied a teaching job for being ‘too Black,’ she started her own school — and a movement. By Jess McHugh. February 28, 2021 at 7:00 a.m. EST. A portrait of Nannie Helen Burroughs,...
27 de mar. de 2007 · Nannie Helen Burroughs never married. She devoted her life to the National Trade and Professional School for Women and Girls and remained its principal until her death in 1961. Three years later the institution she founded was renamed the Nannie Burroughs School.
May 2, 1879 to May 20, 1961. Nannie Helen Burroughs was an educator, religious leader, and social activist who helped found the Women’s Auxiliary of the National Baptist Convention (NBC). In August 1954 she invited Martin Luther King, Jr., the young son of her friends, Martin Luther King, Sr ., and Alberta Williams King, to address the Women ...
6 de mar. de 2019 · By. Jone Johnson Lewis. Updated on March 06, 2019. Nannie Helen Burroughs founded what was at the time the largest Black women’s organization in the United States and, with the organization’s sponsorship, founded a school for girls and women. She was a strong advocate for racial pride.
