Northeastern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs

The Northeastern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs (NFCWC) is an umbrella organization representing black women's clubs in the northeastern United States. The organization was affiliated with the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC). It was the first umbrella organization for black women's clubs in the United States, predating the NACWC by a month.[1] The motto of the club is "For God and Humanity."[2]

Women involved in the Northeastern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, 1902.

About

Mary H. Dickerson founded an organization on June 3, 1896 under the name, New England Federation of Women's Clubs.[3] The organization was inspired by the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC).[4] Two years later, the name was changed to the Northeastern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs (NFCWC)[3] and Dickerson served as the first president.[3] In 1899, the NFCWC withdrew their membership from the NACWC over differences in choices of officers for the group, which NFCWC felt did not best represent them.[5] However, later, they did re-affiliate, become one of four regional groups of the NACWC.[6][2]

NFCWC met annually, sending delegates who represented their local areas in New England.[7] It comprised 55 clubs in from the northeastern part of the United States in the early 1900s.[8]

In 1904, the NFCWC petitioned President Theodore Roosevelt to urge him to take steps against lynching.[9] On August 12, 1904, after their annual convention, the group protested lynching and other forms of discrimination against African Americans.[10] NFCWC also appealed to President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 to stop race riots in Chicago.[11]

The organization was formally incorporated in New York on June 15, 1927.[3] Headquarters for the group were set up in Newport, Rhode Island, in a building donated by Louise M. Fayerweather on September 22, 1927.[12]

References

Citations
  1. Terborg-Penn, Rosalyn (1998). African American Women in the Struggle for the Vote, 1850-1920. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. pp. 88. ISBN 9780253211767. northeast federation of colored women's.
  2. "About". Northeastern Federation of Women Clubs, Inc. & Youth Affiliates. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  3. Leslie 2012.
  4. "The Color Line in the Federation of Women's Clubs". The Times. 8 June 1900. Retrieved 11 May 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Quarrel Over Office". The Inter Ocean. 17 August 1899. Retrieved 11 May 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Collier-Thomas, Bettye (2010). Jesus, Jobs, and Justice: African American Women and Religion. New York: Alfred A Knopf. pp. xxx. ISBN 9780307593054. northeastern federation of colored women's clubs.
  7. "Negro Women's Clubs". The Charlotte News. 9 August 1900. Retrieved 11 May 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Washington 1903, p. 296.
  9. "Petition President to Stop Lynching". Lebanon Daily News. 11 August 1904. Retrieved 11 May 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Colored Clubwomen". The Galveston Daily News. 13 August 1904. Retrieved 11 May 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Negroes Appeal to Wilson; Convention in Providence Assails Rioting in Chicago". The New York Times. 1 August 1919. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  12. "Gives Building to Women's Club". The Pittsburgh Courier. 24 September 1927. Retrieved 11 May 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

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