Mississippi State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs explained

Mississippi State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs
Type:Woman's club
Formation:1903
Founding Location:Mississippi

The Mississippi State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc (MSFCWC) is an African American woman's club located in Mississippi. The umbrella organization, affiliated with the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) was founded in 1903. The headquarters of the club are located in Jackson.[1] The organization had an annual convention[2] [3] and was organized into committees.[4] MSFCWC sponsored scholarship opportunities,[5] and provided resources for black people in Mississippi.[6]

History

Educators, Ursula J. Wade Foster, Mattie F. Rowan and Lizzie Coleman created the club in 1903. They had been inspired by visiting the annual session of the Southeastern Association of Colored Women's Clubs which was held in Vicksburg in 1901.[7] By 1906, the annual convention was expected to draw 200 delegates from women's clubs in Mississippi.[8] There was a period of around 6 years prior to 1920 when no annual convention was held, however.[9]

A new clubhouse for the organization was dedicated in Clinton, a town outside of Jackson, in 1953.[10]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Mississippi Club Women Lease Property to Oil Prospectors; Add to Treasury. 22 February 1947. The Pittsburgh Courier. 11 February 2017.
  2. News: Club Women to Meet in November. 7 October 1944. The Pittsburgh Courier. 11 February 2017.
  3. News: Local Members Win Statewide Competition. 3 November 1977. The Delta Democrat-Times. 11 February 2017.
  4. News: Mississippi Federation of Clubs to Convene in Yazoo City, Oct. 30. 4 October 1947. The Pittsburgh Courier. 11 February 2017.
  5. News: Oratorical Winner. 14 November 1963. Columbian-Progress. 11 February 2017.
  6. Book: Morris, Tiyi M.. https://books.google.com/books?id=vQwxmc7KH2sC&dq=%22Mississippi+State+Federation+of+Colored+Women%E2%80%99s+Clubs%22&pg=PT103. Southern Black Women in the Modern Civil Rights Movement. Texas A&M University Press. 2013. 9781603449991. Merline Pitre. Pitre. Merline. Black Women Activists in Mississippi During the Civil Rights Era, 1954-1974. Glasrud. Bruce A..
  7. Web site: A Brief History of Mississippi State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, Incorporated. Rayborn. Lela. July 2005. MSFCWC. 11 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160530170911/http://www.msfcwcinc.org/history.htm. 30 May 2016. live.
  8. News: Colored Women's Clubs. 9 June 1906. Natchez Democrat. 11 February 2017.
  9. News: Former Iowa Woman Honored in the South. 28 October 1920. The Bystander. 11 February 2017.
  10. News: Mississippi Clubwomen Dedicate New Clubhouse. 21 February 1953. The Pittsburgh Courier. 11 February 2017.

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