Mary Church Terrell
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Mary Church Terrell was an educator and the first president of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW). Black women’s clubs played an important role in the woman suffrage movement. The NACW was formed in 1896, joining more than 100 black women’s clubs together.
As published in The Crisis in 1912, Terrell said: "The elective franchise is withheld from one-half its citizens...because by an unparalleled exhibition of lexicographical acrobatics the word 'people' has been turned and twisted to mean all who were shrewd and wise enough to have themselves born boys instead of girls, and white instead of black."
This image of a painting is part of the Harmon Foundation Collection. The Harmon Foundation, a nonprofit, private foundation active from 1922 to 1967, helped foster an awareness of African art. African artists would send their artworks to the United States for exhibit and sale. When the foundation ended its activities in 1967, it donated its entire collection of motion pictures, filmstrips, color slides, and black and white prints and negatives on a variety of subjects to the National Archives. Learn more on the National Archives website.
As published in The Crisis in 1912, Terrell said: "The elective franchise is withheld from one-half its citizens...because by an unparalleled exhibition of lexicographical acrobatics the word 'people' has been turned and twisted to mean all who were shrewd and wise enough to have themselves born boys instead of girls, and white instead of black."
This image of a painting is part of the Harmon Foundation Collection. The Harmon Foundation, a nonprofit, private foundation active from 1922 to 1967, helped foster an awareness of African art. African artists would send their artworks to the United States for exhibit and sale. When the foundation ended its activities in 1967, it donated its entire collection of motion pictures, filmstrips, color slides, and black and white prints and negatives on a variety of subjects to the National Archives. Learn more on the National Archives website.
This primary source comes from the Collection H: Harmon Foundation Collection.
National Archives Identifier: 559207
Full Citation: Photograph H-HNP-40; Mary Church Terrell; Portraits of Outstanding Americans of Negro Origin Painted by Two Women Artists, ca. 1943 - ca. 1963; Collection H: Harmon Foundation Collection; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/mary-church-terrell, January 16, 2025]Rights: Copyright Not Evaluated Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
