NACW

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NACW is a historic African American women’s organization founded in 1896 that focused on civil rights, education, and social reform in the United States.

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NACW canonical 1
NACW, Inc. 1

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instanceOf African American women's organization
civil rights organization
historical organization
advocatedFor anti-lynching legislation
racial uplift
women's suffrage
aim to improve the social and moral conditions of African Americans
to promote education among African Americans
to secure civil and political rights for African Americans
alsoKnownAs NACW, Inc.
linked to: NACW
collaboratedWith National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
linked to: NAACP

National Association of Colored Men (informally and in campaigns)
linked to: NAACP
country United States
firstPresident Mary Church Terrell
focus civil rights
education
social reform
formedByMergerOf National Federation of Afro-American Women
National League of Colored Women
Women’s Era Club of Boston
founded 1896
foundedIn Washington, D.C.
fullName National Association of Colored Women
hasNotableLeader Anna Julia Cooper
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
linked to: Ida B. Wells

Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Margaret Murray Washington
Mary B. Talbert
Mary Church Terrell
historicalPeriod Jim Crow era
linked to: Jim Crow laws
language English
membershipType federation of local and state Black women's clubs
motto Lifting as We Climb
notableActivity public campaigns against lynching
support for Black women's higher education
organized day nurseries
homes for the aged
industrial schools
kindergartens for Black children
settlement houses
predecessorOf National Association of Colored Women's Clubs
servedCommunity African American families
African American women
typeOfMovement Black women's club movement
workedOnIssue discrimination in education
public health in Black communities
segregation
voting rights for African Americans

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NACW alsoKnownAs NACW, Inc.
linked to: NACW