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National Association of Colored Women Wikipedia

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The National Association of Colored Women (NACW) was established in Washington, D.C.|Washington as the product of the merger in 1896 of the National Federation of Afro-American Women and the National League of Colored Women, organizations that had arisen out of the African American women's club movement. Founders of the NACW included Harriet Tubman, Frances E.W. Harper, Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, and Mary Church Terrell. Its two leading members were Josephine Ruffin and Mary Church Terrell. The original intention of the organization was "to furnish evidence of the moral, mental and material progress made by people of colour through the efforts of our women". However, over the next ten years the NACW became involved in the campaigns in favour of women's suffrage and against lynching and Jim Crow laws. By the time the United States entered the World War I|First World War membership of the NACW had reached 300,000.

Last Modified:   2005-12-19