Created by
San Francisco Examiner, American, founded 1863, American, founded 1863
Photograph by
Cox Studio, American, founded 1957
Created by
Albrier, Frances M., American, 1898 - 1987
Subject of
Brown, Rosalie, American
Lovett, Joan, American, born 1938
Blalock, Joan, American
Hammond, Yvette, American, born 1941
Allen, Floyd Green, American, 1906 - 1967
March, Millicent, American, born 1950
Reese, Mattie, American
Staton, Frances, American
Morrison, Lucille, American
Nixon, Lillian, American
March, Ruth N., American, 1912 - 1998
Hooey, Jo, American
Albrier, Frances M., American, 1898 - 1987
San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, founded 1945
National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
Date
September 20, 1956
Medium
ink on newsprint and paper (fiber product)
Dimensions
H x W: 5 × 8 1/4 in. (12.7 × 21 cm)
Caption
This document is part of a scrapbook that was compiled in 1956 and 1957 by Frances Albrier during her term as president of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). The scrapbook highlights the Chapter’s efforts to register voters and educate Bay Area residents on the importance of voting as a part of the Citizenship Education Project which was jointly sponsored by the NCNW and the National Urban League.
Description
This newspaper clipping from the San Francisco independent depicts members of the San Francisco chapter of the National Council of Negro Women and members of the Junior Council distributing pamphlets urging that all citizens register and vote. The caption underneath the clipping, added by Frances Albrier, is typewritten in black ink and reads, "SOME VOLUNTEERS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS / return fom [sic] their Registration posts." The photograph in the clipping was taken by Cox Studios. The clipping and caption are adhered to page eleven (11) in Frances Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1).
Place depicted
San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Movement
Women's Club Movement
Type
clippings
Topic
Activism
Associations and institutions
Education
Politics
Social reform
Suffrage
Women
Women's organizations
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection
Object number
2010.60.1.13.1ab
Restrictions & Rights
© Courtesy of The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53e7ec7c7-4512-48c8-befe-110c9fdca56a

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