Black Women's Clubs

What was the purpose of the Black Women's Club movement?

• To advocate for civil and political rights for Black men

• To advocate for civil and political rights for Black women

• To advocate for social and economic equality for Black Americans

• To advocate for the end of Jim Crow laws

What was the name of the first newspaper published by and for Black women in the United States?

• The Woman's Era

• The Aframerican Women's Journal

• Women United

• The National Association of Colored Women

What was the main focus of the National Council of Negro Women?

• Improving the state of Black Americans and their communities

• Advocating for women's suffrage

• Fighting against racial discrimination

• Promoting international affairs

What was the main reason for the decline in popularity of the Black Women's Club Movement?

• Changing gender norms and ideas of modesty

• Lack of funding and resources

• Lack of interest from the Black community

• Opposition from white supremacist groups

Who was one of the most important figures in the Black Women's Club movement?

• Sojourner Truth

• Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin

• Harriet Tubman

• Mary Church Terrell

Which Black women's club was an extension of a longer history of Black women's activism as orators, writers, abolitionists, and suffragists?

• Colored Women's League

• National Association of Colored Women

• National Council of Negro Women

• National Association for Colored Women's Club Inc

Who was the first president of the National Association of Colored Women?

• Fanny Coppin

• Harriet Tubman

• Mary Church Terrell

• Ida B Wells-Barnett

What was the founding motto of the National Association of Colored Women?

• Lifting as we climb

• Equality for all

• Unity in diversity

• Strength in sisterhood

Who was the educator and activist who was the first Black woman to head a federal agency?

• Anna Julia Cooper

• Mary McLeod Bethune

• Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin

• Mary Church Terrell

Which Black women's club focused on using political activism to improve the state of Black Americans and their communities?

• National Association for Colored Women's Club Inc

• National Council of Negro Women

• National Association of Colored Women

• Colored Women's League