Manuscript/Mixed Material Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a White World, drafts; 6 of 23
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Image 1 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … Speeches Writing File A Colored Woman in a White World 6 Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowdlocgov
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 2 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … But just as I would get seated at my desk after I was already a bit tired after from a few rounds of house work the door bell would ring and i…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 3 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … Washington D C November 18 1926 To the Members of the National Association of College Women Greetings The year of 1926 marks the fifth birthday of the National Association of College Women…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 4 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … It has been a bitter disappointment to me that I did not succeed as a story writer I have thought for years that the Race Problem could be solved more swiftly and…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 5 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … a HighBrow Nevertheless several of the teachers in Ladies Hall and some very seriousminded young women used to come to see my partner and myself dance and encouraged us considerably by complimenting…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 6 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 1290 told I could not but it because I am a colored woman I finally selected one only one house removed from a section known as Howard Town It was named for…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 7 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … I visited Tuskegee for the first time when I accepted an invitation which Dr Washington extended me by wire Dr WEB Dubois who was then a teacher in Atlanta University and held…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 8 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … turbed by this decision Disliking to write an article which described the Tusgecee Commencement and ignore completely the one which represented the higher education of colored youth I made several references to…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 9 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … Troutbeck NY in the summer of 1916 It was an effort to induce colored people of all shades and varieties of opinion to thrash out their differences and unite on some definite…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 10 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … after 13 The Community Organizer of Hattiesburg Mississippi was very eager to have a colored woman worker sent there It seemed to him he said that there was more bitterness displayed by…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 11 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … dependent upon him I was for information of every kind About matters pertaining to politics to the government and to every phase of the Race Problem he was a regular walking encyclopedia…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 12 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … I took part in a Negro pageant entitled loyalty with which was given in the auditorium which seated 16000 people and in which every seat was occupied and scarcely standing room left…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 13 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … P 45 12 Among the smaller groups which I addressed may be counted The Twentieth Century Club of Boston which invited me to speak on the Colored People of Washington When I…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 14 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 17 After mature deliberation I have decided to relate some of my experiences on the lecture platform refer to the success I have achieved and quote a few of the press notices…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 15 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … It was in this house soon after we lost our second baby at birth that University Park Temple a church was organized For several years the services were held near Howard University…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 16 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … p136 several years abroad Shortly after I had retired from the School Board the citizens of Washington gave me a testimonial in the Lincoln Memorial Congregational Church Among those were present pass…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 17 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … Soldiers By Mary Church Terrell the following statement appears Mrs Terrell is herself a graduate of Oberlin a resident of Washington a writer and speaker of ability and distinction and is probably…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 18 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … Is this Mary Church Terrell a voice inquired Yes I replied Well this this is John Milholland of New York City The colored soldiers in Brownsville Texas have just been dismissed without…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 19 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 45 12 after from the very start When The Twentieth Century Club of Boston invited me to speak on the the Colored People of Washington and when I addressed the Twentieth Century…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 20 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … p6 l 27 Part 1 It is not because colored people are so wild to live among white people that they try to buy property in a white neighborhood but they do…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 21 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 512 Among the smaller groups to which I spoke may be mentioned the Twentieth Century Club of Boston which invited me to speak on the Colored People of Washington and the Twentieth…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 22 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … The Confessions of a Colored Woman Why I wrote my autobiography For years I have been urged to write the story of my life Intimate friends and casual acquaintances have joined in…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 23 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … Page 192 After to visit her was merely perfunctory or that it had been extended just for the sake of politeness it would have been dispelled when I reached Zurich for there…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 24 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … Up To Date Mary Church Terrell Nov 17 1928 If it hadnt been for Gerald we wouldnt be here This is what a white woman said after she was saved from drowning…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 25 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 3 election for membership into the National Council of Women it was received with open arms In desribing the scene the Minneapolis an editorial entitled A Gem of Moving Eloquence the Minneapolis…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 26 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … Page 1 Continued I was the first colored woman to be invited to deliver an address before an international meeting of white women in a foreign country In 1904 I delivered an…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 27 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 196 of the AntiSlavery and Aborigines Protection Society had been sending me valuable pamphlets on cnditions conditions in Africa which that organization had issued As its name indicates this Society is organized…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 28 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 198 He was then getting only 50 per month on which he was helping to support his mother and sister and for that reason he could afford to eat only a hapennys…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 29 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … o Gwendolyn danced like an artist and her public appearances had already received favorable notices from the press 4 p197 At a large restaurant in London a wellknown violinist played one of…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 30 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … Page 194 after League of L 11 Nations After hearing Mr Lamont relate some of the difficulties encountered by this international effort to establish universal peace I felt that I had acquired…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 31 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … Page 157 desirable for me to affix my signature because the Committee wished to make the request unanimous Since I was the only colored member it was natural for them to want…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 32 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … cook could surpass I was full of enthusiasm and started early in the morning with the turkey The bird was lying on one saide of the kitchen and the cook book on…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 33 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 44 I Speak in Berlin Germany It will surprise no one to have me frankly admit that the April morning I received a letter from Germany inviting me to deliver an address…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 34 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 46 would be evidently surmised that she had rings in her nose as well as in her ears that she would probably both look and act entirely differently from other women and…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 35 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 48 48 that I would deliver my address in German no matter how much trouble and effort it cost This conversation took place Saturday morning and the following Monday I was to…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 36 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 48 48 that I would deliver my address in German no matter how much trouble and effort it cost This conversation took place Saturday morning and the following Monday I was to…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 37 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 49 In the beautiful home to which I was assigned not one room but a suite was placed at my disposal while my gracious hostess assigned me a maid who stood ready…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 38 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 49 In the beautiful home to which I was assigned not one room but a suite was placed at my disposal while my gracious hostess assigned me a maid who stood ready…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 39 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 51 And so as I stand here to night I continued my happiness is twofold rejoicing as I do not only in the emancipation of my race but in the almost universal…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 40 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 53 In commenting upon the facts presented in my address it was the consensus of opinion in the European press that the advancement made by the colored people of the United States…
- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01