The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-08
National Association i
of COIOred Women

| ity that is being worked out by the
: splendid colored women who bring
5 to their task of race and national
uplift Keen minds and warm. Chris.
: tian hearts.
These questions were ably dis
cusSrd at the eighth biennial con-
vention, recently held at Hampton
} Institute.
Activities of the y. \. G. w.
Special work along the following
lines is carried on by the y. \. G..
w.: Support of rcformatoricS, old
folks homes, nurseries, working
girls homes. and social settlements
study OF civics, necdlecraft, art,
literature, and domestic science;
and the development OF social up
lift work. The national motto.
"Lifting as We Climb,' has been
worked out with rare thoroughness
10y thousands of colorcd women.
FranknesS, honesty, and serious
ness characterized the many discus
SlonS dealing" with the work of col
orcd Womrn engaged in the white
plague crusade, child welfare work,
the more efficient organization of
community work, the problem of
dealing with delinquent boys and
girls, the promotion of the Young
Women 5 Christian Association
work, the proper care of infants,
the problems Of the adolesccnt per
lod, the twentieth century woman,
the segregation and housing of
Negroes in cities and towns, woman
suffrage, and the relation of white
and colored people throughout the
}collntry.
No attempt was made to gloss
over the questions OF lynching and
| kindred evils, jim Crow ears. the
traffic in girls and women, and the
need Of concerted action on the
part Of colored people to secure
faircr treatment.
Resolutions
The report of the committee ON
resolutions, read by Mrs. Warren
Logan, Tuskegec, Ala, protested
against the Jim Grow ears with
their uncomfortable and inferior
DENOMINATIONS as well as the fric-
ton which they create; declared
against race segregation which
compels good colored people to live
IN surroundings that are subject to
the vile influences Of commercial
iZed vice to which they are in no
way party; urged the co-opera-
ton Of white and colored people
for the suppression Of the social
evil and the punishment Of those
Engaged in the traffic of girls and
women; idorSed the work of the
National League on Urban Con-
| ditiOns among Negroes. which aims
to do constructive and preventive
social work for improving the social
and economic conditions among
Negroes in urban centerS; deplorcd
lynching and called upon ministers
and other public men to enlist
against mob violence; declared in
favor Of full woman suffrage and
advocated the formation Of polite
Ial study clubs to stir up men to
greater interest in matters concern
ing their own welfare; recommend
ed the Introduction Of agriculture
in the public schools, school gar
dcns, corn and canning clubs social
and literary clubs in rural COM
munitics; approved officially the
chivaIry shown by the men in the
"Titanic" disaster.
Work for Others
Mrs. Brooks Lewis reported to
the convention the case Of Virginia
| Christian, Of Hampton, Va, who
was recently condemned to die in
Richmond on August 2. A peti-
ton signed by three hundred col
ored women was sent to William
Hodges Mann, governor Of Vlr-
ginia, asking him to commute the
sentence of Virginia Christian.
The following plea was made: "Thc
F. extreme youth Of this girl, the lack
Of training during her childhood,
{ and the neglect for which she was
, not responsible are cXtcnuating CIR
= cumstanccs which we feel justify
= us in imploring His EXcollcncy to
, show mcrciful clcmcncy to the
{ unfortunate girl. Considering all
= the circumstances Of the cas-, We
! feel that the plrctrocutiOn Of this