https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/browse?tags=Mary+Jackson+McCrorey&sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CTitle&sort_dir=a&output=atom2024-03-28T23:51:06+00:00Omekahttps://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5190 SFCWC was founded by Dr. Bethune in 1920 to united state club federations from Florida, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Virginia. The organization sought to combat school desegregation and to improve health facilities. Dr. Bethune also served as the SFCWC's first president from 1920 to 1925. Under her leadership, the group was able to found a state home for delinquent, young, African-American women and establish and operate the Home for Delinquent Girls in Ocala in 1921.]]>2021-04-06T20:10:07+00:00
Dublin Core
Title
Southeastern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs
Alternative Title
Southeastern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs
Subject
Bethune, Mary Jane McLeod, 1875-1955
Description
The Southeastern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs (SFCWC) sometime between 1920 and 1955. Photographed in the front row from left to right is Margaret Murray Washington (Mrs. Booker T. Washington), Mary McLeod Bethune, Lucy Craft Laney, and Mary Jackson McCrorey. The second Row from left to right is Janie Porter Barrett, M.L. Crosthwaite, Charlotte Hawkins Brown, and Eugenia Burns Hope.
SFCWC was founded by Dr. Bethune in 1920 to united state club federations from Florida, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Virginia. The organization sought to combat school desegregation and to improve health facilities. Dr. Bethune also served as the SFCWC's first president from 1920 to 1925. Under her leadership, the group was able to found a state home for delinquent, young, African-American women and establish and operate the Home for Delinquent Girls in Ocala in 1921.
Source
Original 10 x 8 inch black and white photographic print: Living room, Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation, Daytona Beach, Florida.
Date Created
ca. 1920-1955
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 10 x 8 inch black and white photographic print.