Newspaper clipping of women distributing voter registration pamphlets
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Object Details
- Created by
- San Francisco Examiner, American, founded 1863, American, founded 1863
- Photograph by
- Cox Studio, American, founded 1957
- Created by
- Frances M. Albrier, American, 1898 - 1987
- Subject of
- Rosalie Brown, American
- Joan Lovett, American, born 1938
- Joan Blalock, American
- Yvette Hammond, American, born 1941
- Floyd Green Allen, American, 1906 - 1967
- Millicent March, American, born 1950
- Mattie Reese, American
- Frances Staton, American
- Lucille Morrison, American
- Lillian Nixon, American
- Ruth N. March, American, 1912 - 1998
- Jo Hooey, American
- Frances M. Albrier, American, 1898 - 1987
- San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, founded 1945
- National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
- 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).
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection
- September 20, 1956
- 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.
- Type
- clippings
- Medium
- ink on newsprint and paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5 × 8 1/4 in. (12.7 × 21 cm)
- Place depicted
- San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Women's Club Movement
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Associations and institutions
- Education
- Politics
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- Women
- Women's organizations
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2010.60.1.13.1ab
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53e7ec7c7-4512-48c8-befe-110c9fdca56a
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