Today in History: Mary Church Terrell
Today in History–September 23–the Library of Congress features Mary Church Terrell, born on this day in 1863. One of the first African American women to graduate from college, Terrell worked as an educator, political activist, and first president of the National Association of Colored Women. Learn more by visiting the Today in History section and clicking the links below.
Mary Church Terrell primary source set
Mary Church Terrell: Advocate for African Americans and Women Transcription Project
Mary Church Terrell historical newspaper coverage
Portions of Terrell’s autobiography – drafts of A Colored Woman in a White World
More individual primary sources
- A Colored Woman in a White World
- Letter from Mary Church Terrell to George Myers
- Letter from Mary Church Terrell concerning the Brownsville Affair
- Mary Church Terrell correspondence with Calvin Coolidge
- The Progress of Colored Women address by Mary Church Terrell
- What the National Association [of Colored Women] Has Meant to Colored Women by Mary Church Terrell
- Mary Church Terrell items from Miller NAWSA Suffrage Scrapbooks
- Mary Church Terrell flyer
- “Mrs. Mary Church Terrell Takes Up War Camp Community Service” [from newspaper]
Crowdsourcing and the Papers of Mary Church Terrell, Suffragist, and Civil Rights Activist Teaching with the Library of Congress March 5, 2019
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