- Created by
- Welcher, Jean, American, 1923 - 2006
- Published by
- San Francisco Independent, founded 1955
- Created by
- Albrier, Frances M., American, 1898 - 1987
- Subject of
- San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, founded 1945
- National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
- Date
- August 30, 1956
- Medium
- ink on newsprint and paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 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
- A newspaper clipping announcing the beginning of the Citizen Education Project taped to a sheet of white paper with “Citizenship Education Project: First Phase" typewritten at the top of the page. The word "newsitems" is typewritten inside a square box in the center of the page. The clipping headline reads: "NCNW Begins City-Wide Poject [sic] For Citizenship Education." The sheet is taped to page seven (7) of 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
- 2010.60.1.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.