Timeline
A chronology of key events in the life of Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954), educator, lecturer, feminist, and civil rights activist.
Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954)
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1863, Sept. 23
Born Memphis, Tenn.
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Circa 1869
Attended "Model School" for children, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio
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1884
A.B., Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
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1885-1887
Taught at Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio
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1887-1888
Taught at High School for Colored Youth, Washington, D.C.
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1888
A.M., Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
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1888-1890
Studied and traveled in France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy
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1890-1891
Resumed teaching, High School for Colored Youth, Washington, D.C.
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1891
Married Robert H. Terrell (died 1925)
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1895-1901
Served on District of Columbia School Board
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1896
Organized and became first president of the National Association of Colored Women
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1898-1920
Active in woman's suffrage movement
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1904
Addressed International Congress of Women, Berlin, Germany
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1906-1911
Reappointed to and served on District of Columbia School Board
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1909
Charter member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
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1918-1919
Served in War Camp Community Service
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1919
Addressed Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Zurich, Switzerland
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1920
Appointed supervisor, Committee for Eastern District Work among Colored Women, Republican National Committee
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1929-1930
Campaigned for Ruth Hanna McCormick, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate from Illinois
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1932
Served as adviser to the Republican National Committee, Herbert Hoover Presidential campaign
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1937
Represented American black women at World Fellowship of Faiths, London, England
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1940
Published autobiography, A Colored Woman in a White World. Washington, D.C.: Ransdell, Inc.
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1949
Admitted to membership in the American Association of University Women after being rejected by the Washington, D.C., branch
Elected chairman, Coordinating Committee for the Enforcement of D.C. Anti-Discrimination Laws
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1954, July 24
Died, Annapolis, Md.