The Omaha guide., 1945-01-13
MRS. BETHUNE PICKS
Mrs. Roosevelt
Top Woman
Of the Year
Selects Is Other Women
As Outstanding for IA

rosters Of the outstanding women Of
America, has selected a list Of 16
women as the outstanding contribut-
ors to interracial unity during the
year 1914 Her selevtions were made
she said in a press conference this
week, because she was perturbed by
the absolute neglect of women in the
polls of newspapers and periodicals,
both white and colored.
She declared that the National
Council of Negro Women of which
she is president, is in better position
than the average person Or organic
alton to make such selections because
of the concentration of its efforts on
the services and activities Of women.
Her list includes: Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt as the Woman Of the Year
for her varied activities in the field
of human relations, her courage, her
energy, and her deep concern for ma
tional and international unity which
have given inspiration to women all
over the world"
Mrs. Anna Arnold Hedgeman, ex-
ecutive secretary Of the National
Council for a Permanent FEPC, for
her dynamic leadership in the strug-
gle to secure passage of the bill for
a permanent Fair Employment Prac>
tice Commission with enforcement
powers.
Mrs. Mary S. Ingraham, president
of the National Board of the Young
Women's Christian Associations of
the United States for her courageous
leadership in the development of
sound interracial practice within the
YWCA.
Mrs. Mabel K. Staupers, executive
secretary of the National Association
of Colored Graduate Nurses, for her
persistent efforts to secure the full
utilization of the services of the Ne
gro nurse i'll the armed forces.
Mrs. Alice t. Mclean, founder Of
and president Of the American Wom-
ems Voluntary Services, for her con-
tribution to the morale Of the men
and women IN the armed forces
through her visits to the war theatr-
es and the expansion on a national
basis Of the exceedingly effective pro
gram of the AWVS.
Mrs. Daisy Lampkin, field secret
airy of the NAACP., for her part in
building in 1914 the largest member
ship enrolment in the history of the
NAACP., and for her effective fight
for equality of opportunity for all
minorities.
Mrs. Katherine Shryver, executive
secretary of the National Committee
to Abolish the Poll Tax, for her
statesmanlike leadership in the legis-
lature and educational campaign to
abolish the poll tax.
Mrs. Dorothy Thompson, column
list, for her brilliant analysis and pre-
sentation of major issues in the pol
itical campaign for 1914.
Mrs. Lavonia H. Brown, founder
1t. General Of the Women's Army
for National Defense (WANDS),
for her creative leadership in devel-
oping the program Of the WANDS.
Miss Lillian Smith, editor Of the
South Today" for her fearless pre-
s~entation Of the effects on human be-
havior of the mores of the South
through the authorship of Strange
Fruit"
Mrs. Bettye Murphy Phillips, news
paperwoman for qualifying for GER
LITIGATION by the War Department as
the first Negro woman war cores
pondent.
Miss Lena Horne, singer and mo-
ton picture star, for her resolute
stand on refusing to appear on radio,
screen or stage in stereotyped Negro
roles.
Mrs. Dorothy ]. B~ellanca, inter-
national vice president Of the Anal
ganated Clothing Workers Of Amer
lea (CIO), for her effective assist
ance in the mobilization Of women in
dustrial workers for citizenship res
possibility with emphasis on registr-
alton and participation in local and
national elections in 1914.
Mrs. Thomasina w. Johnson, leg
~islative representative Of the Nation
al Non Partisan Council on Public
Affairs of the Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, for her successful effort,
toward the inclusion and indignation
of Negro women in the Waves.
Mrs. Pauline Redmond Coggs, ex-
ecutive secretary of the Washington
Urban League, for her fortnight
fight for housing facilities for Ne
groes and racial tolerance in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Mrs. Jeanette WEIGH Brown, exec
utive secretary of the National Coun
Gil Of Negro Women, for initiating .
coordinating committee composed o
Labor, Catholic, Protestant and Jew
: ish national women's organization
Il for the elimination Of race hatred an,
n segregation; and for developing tn
! program for launching Of the frs
Liberty ship named in honor Of a N
gro women, the SIS Harriet Tubmar
now an active cargo vessel Of war.
Mrs. Bethune emphasized that TIL,