Vintage c1907 PostcardAfrican American Activist Nannie BurroughsLouisville, KY

Halftone photo / litho of Nannie H. Printed by the Douglass Improvement Company in Louisville, Kentucky. A champion of racial uplift and gender equality, she was a key figure in the Black women's suffrage movement and an advocate for vocational training and economic independence for Black women. From 1898 to 1909, Burroughs was employed in Louisville as a.

Secretary at the Douglass Improvement Company. Her time in Louisville, the Women's Industrial Club had formed, where they held domestic science and management courses. Burroughs was one of the founders of the Women's Convention, providing additional help to the National Baptist Convention where she served from 1900 to 1947 (including as President for 13 years). This convention had the largest attendance of African Americans ever seen, and help from this convention was highly important for Black religious groups, thanks to the National Association of C-----d Women (NACW) which formed in 1896, including more than 100 local women's clubs.

Because of her contribution to the NACW, the National Association of Wage Earners was founded to draw the public's attention to the dilemma of African-American women. Burroughs was president, along with other well-known club women such as vice president Mary McLeod Bethune and treasurer Maggie Lena Walker. Burroughs also actively participated in the NAACP.

The National Association of C-----d Women, the National Association of Wage Earners, and others. A well-known speaker and writer, she was appointed by President Herbert Hoover to chair a special committee on housing for African Americans.

She appeared with Carter G. Woodson and Alain Locke at a meeting of the Association for the Study of. N---o Life and History in 1927. Good unposted condition overall with some wear, primarily light creasing and browning as shown please review pictures above for details.

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