Poised proudly at the intersection of race, gender, and class, Mary Church Terrell served as one of the women who ushered in the national Black women’s club movement of the late nineteenth century. As one of the founders of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs in 1896, Terrell and her colleagues advocated for black women and their efforts toward realizing racial justice and equality for African Americans. Using the motto "Lifting As We Climb," Black club women sought to redefine the role of middle-class Black women.
Gelatin silver print of Mary Church Terrell
Object Details
- Date
- ca. 1910
- Photograph by
- Addison N. Scurlock, American, 1883 - 1964
- Subject of
- Mary Church Terrell, American, 1863 - 1954
- Owned by
- Mary Church Terrell, American, 1863 - 1954
- Description
- A black and white photograph of Mary Church Terrell (TA2017.13.10.2). She is depicted seated in profile from the waist up. The left side of her face is visible. She is wearing a light colored beaded and fringed evening dress. She wears her hair in a loose up-do. There is a photographer's stamp embossed in the bottom left corner. There are several handwritten inscriptions on the reverse, one reading [Mary Church Terrell] and the another reading [Defender].
- Place captured
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Education
- Local and regional
- Photography
- Social reform
- Women
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Collection title
- Mary Church Terrell Family Archive
- Classification
- Archival Collections
- Photographs and Still Images
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ray and Jean Langston in memory of Mary Church and Robert Terrell
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- TA2017.13.10.2
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image and Sheet): 7 × 5 in. (17.8 × 12.7 cm)
- Record ID
- nmaahc_TA2017.13.10.2