page_title: National Association of Colored Women's Clubs
section_title: Presidents
hierarchical_section_title: National Association of Colored Women's Clubs / Presidents
caption_attribution_description: English: Irene M. Gaines
context_page_description: The National Association of Colored Women's Clubs is an American organization that was formed in July 1896 at the First Annual Convention of the National Federation of Afro-American Women in Washington, D.C., United States, by a merger of the National Federation of African-American Women, the Woman's Era Club of Boston, and the Colored Women’s League of Washington, DC, at the call of Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin. From 1896 to 1904 it was known as the National Association of Colored Women. It adopted the motto "Lifting as we climb", to demonstrate to "an ignorant and suspicious world that our aims and interests are identical with those of all good aspiring women." When incorporated in 1904, NACW became known as the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs.
context_section_description: Mary Church Terrell – 1st President (1896–1900)
  Josephine Silone Yates – 2nd President (1900–1904)
  Lucy Thurman – 3rd President (1904–1908)
  Elizabeth Carter Brooks – 4th President (1908–1912)
  Margaret James Murray (Mrs. Booker T. Washington) – 5th President (1912–1916)
  Mary B. Talbert – 6th President (1916–1920)
  Miss Hallie Q. Brown – 7th President (1920–1924)
  Mary McLeod Bethune – 8th President (1924–1928)
  Mrs. Sallie Wyatt Stewart – 9th President (1928–1933)
  Dr. Mary Fitzbutler Waring – 10th President (1933–1937)
  Mrs. Jennie B. Moton – 11th President (1937–1941)
  Mrs. Ada Belle Dement – 12th President (1941–1945)
  Mrs. Christine S. Smith – 13th President (1946–1948)
  Ella P. Stewart – 14th President (1948–1952)
  Irene McCoy Gaines – 15th President (1952–1958)
  Dr Rosa L. Gragg – 16th President (1958–1964)
  Mamie B. Reese – 17th President (1964–1968)
  Myrtle Ollison – 18th President (1968–1972)
  Juanita W. Brown – 19th President (1972–1976)
  Inez W. Tinsley – 20th President (1976–1980)
  Otelia Champion – 21st President (1980–1984)
  Myrtle E. Gray – 22nd President (1984–1988)
  Dolores M. Harris – 23rd President (1988–1992)
  Savannah C. Jones — 24th President (1992–1996)
  Patricia L. Fletcher — 25th President (1996–2002)
  Margaret J. Cooper — 26th President (2002–2006)
  Dr. Marie Wright Tolliver – 27th President (2006–2010)
  Evelyn Rising – 28th President (2010–2014)
  Sharon R. Bridgeforth – 29th President (2014–2018)
  Andrea Brooks-Smith – 30th President (2018–present)
caption: Irene M. Gaines, 15th President[10]
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