The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-08
VIM. Anthony !Acry

National Association OF COlOrp
Women, held at Hampton Institut
july % to -, at the call of Mis-
Elizabeth {. Carter, New Brdfor.
AlaSS.> the national president TO
four YEARS, brought together fo
mutual hrl p and inspiration som
three hundred Srlf-Sarriticing. dis
ltinguiShrd colored women VIII,
have been actively engaged through
out the whole country in club worl
Tor the moral, mental, and materia
lplo@r, So of the Negro race.
| 1t is estimated that there arc
about eight hundred local clubs
managed by colorcd women. \
few statistics from two hundred
lchlbS, making reports to the y. \
&c. W., Will show the vast strength
trf the club movement among the
cololrd women:
| Total membership. lO.9OS.
Money collected in two Years,
$50 ,4224 .66.
Cost rf property owned by clubs,
$Gl.S45.l5.
Present valuation of property,
| &li3 3}32.2
The Association was organized
in Washington, ID. c., in 1896. 1t
WAS affiliated with the National
Council of Women of the United
States in 1900 and was incorporat-
rd in 1904. National conventions
have been held in Nashville, Buff
falu. Detroit, Louisville, Chicago.
81. Louis and Brookl YIN.
Officers
The following national officers
were elected: Mrs. Margaret Muir
ray Washington, Tuskegrr. Ala.
president: Mrs. lone f.. Gibbs, Min
|nrapolis, Minn.. vice president at
large: Mrs. Mary Talbcrt, Buffalo.
y. v, chairman Of executive board
Miss Ida Il. Cummings. Baltimore,
Md. con responding secretary: Mrs.
Mamie +. Steward. Louisville. Ky.
Mrs. Jamie Porter Barrett, lamp
| ton. Va, Miss Roberta Dunbar,
| Providence. r. l.. first. second and
third rrrOvding secretaries. r"spec-
ItiVrly; Mrs. Ida Joyce jackson
ItoiunhuS. O.. treasurer: Mrs. En-
una Linsay Davis. Chicago. Ill.,, ma
|tionaI organizer; Miss Halle g.
Brown. WilbrrfOrce University.
Wilhcrforcr, O.. parliamrntarian
Mrs. Mary V. Parish, Louisville,
statiStician.
Mrs. Booker T. Washington
tannnmcrd the names Of the follow
ING hradS OF national departments
Mrs. Sylvania Williams. New Or
leans, La. mothers clubs Mrs G.
IT. Dorrah, OcaIa, Fla, children
Miss Mamie II. Burroughs. Wash
ington. ID. c.. young women s work
Dr. Mary F'itzbutIpr Warning, Chi
rago, H.. health and hygiene; Mrs
[ Bishop Handy. Baltimore, Md. hui
name: Mrs. WilkrrSOn, Orange
burg =. e., domestic science: Mrs
t.JuSrph Brown, DcS MONIES, Iowa
ScriaI science; Mrs. Maggie l.. Wal
kcr, Richmond. Va. business; Miss
| Mary :. jackson, Providence, r. l..
ISut1 rage: Miss Alice Wylir Scay
| Brooklyn. y. Y. associated char,
titles; Mrs. Josephine b. Bruce
! Washington. d. c.. civic and forcS,
TRY: Mrs. Ella jackson, Lexington
iky., rescue work; Mrs. J. G.. Nap
i"r. Nashville, Tenn, educational
/ Mrs. Jacobson Oklahoma City
OKLA. kindergarten Mrs. w. Il
iB. Williams. Hampton, Va, music
| Mrs. AdrlIa Hunt Logan, Tuskcgcc
/ AlH.. rural conditions; Mrs G. W
Pos Y. lIumostrad, Pa. art; Mrs
Bishop Clinton, Salisbury, y. G..
literature; Mrs. William Alphin
Waco. Tex. religious work; Mr:;
Agnes Lewis. Montgomery. Ala.
=; agriculture; Mrs. W. e. b. Mason
, Cincinnati. ohio, temperance; Mrs
: Hdic j. Hamilton, PittSburg. Pa.
+ !juvrnIlr courts.
What the y. \. G. w. Is Doing
! The members Of the National As
! SOciatjOn Of CoiOrcd Women ar
vitality interested in rvcrythin,
that pertains to race development
Including the stud Of better meth
.todS of caring for children, the in,