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382 HISTORY OF WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES Kansas Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, 1900-1930 by Marilyn Dell Brady ON June 20 and 21, 1900, ladies representing ten different Afro-American women's clubs met at the Masonic Hall in Topeka and organized the State Federation of Women's Art Clubs. Under the leadership of Elizabeth Washington of the Topeka Oak Leaf Club, plans for the gala event had been underway for months. The hall was decorated with the club colors, cut flowers, and potted plants. Art work created by the ladies was the chief attraction of the meeting, and the booths which lined the hall were filled with paintings and drawings of various types, as well as a host of needle-work—embroidery, Roman cut work, Mexican drawn work, point lace, tatting, and cross-stitching. Twenty-eight official delegates from Topeka, Paola, Leaven-worth, and Kansas City, Kansas, were present. The ladies and their male escorts were entertained at a banquet, and three hundred guests attended the reception held to honor out-of-town visitors. All was performed in high style, leading the editor of the Topeka Plaindealer to proclaim: "The Kansas woman is as capable in her sphere as are the women of any other race Connected with this Kansas Federation are the BEST WOMEN Marilyn Dell Brady, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Kansas, is assistant reference librarian at the university's Kansas Collection. She has been involved in a number of projects for the Kansas Committee for the Humanities and at the Kansas State Historical Society. Research for this article developed from a protect, "Afro-American Clubwomen m Kansas." which was funded in part by the Kansas Committee for the Humanities. The author wishes to thank Karlyn Campbell, project director, and Deborah Dandridge, researcher, for their assistance in the deirlopment of this article.

382 HISTORY OF WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES Kansas Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, 1900-1930 by Marilyn Dell Brady ON June 20 and 21, 1900, ladies representing ten different Afro-American women's clubs met at the Masonic Hall in Topeka and organized the State Federation of Women's Art Clubs. Under the leadership of Elizabeth Washington of the Topeka Oak Leaf Club, plans for the gala event had been underway for months. The hall was decorated with the club colors, cut flowers, and potted plants. Art work created by the ladies was the chief attraction of the meeting, and the booths which lined the hall were filled with paintings and drawings of various types, as well as a host of needle-work—embroidery, Roman cut work, Mexican drawn work, point lace, tatting, and cross-stitching. Twenty-eight official delegates from Topeka, Paola, Leaven-worth, and Kansas City, Kansas, were present. The ladies and their male escorts were entertained at a banquet, and three hundred guests attended the reception held to honor out-of-town visitors. All was performed in high style, leading the editor of the Topeka Plaindealer to proclaim: "The Kansas woman is as capable in her sphere as are the women of any other race Connected with this Kansas Federation are the BEST WOMEN Marilyn Dell Brady, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Kansas, is assistant reference librarian at the university's Kansas Collection. She has been involved in a number of projects for the Kansas Committee for the Humanities and at the Kansas State Historical Society. Research for this article developed from a protect, "Afro-American Clubwomen m Kansas." which was funded in part by the Kansas Committee for the Humanities. The author wishes to thank Karlyn Campbell, project director, and Deborah Dandridge, researcher, for their assistance in the deirlopment of this article.

Chapters in this book

  1. i-iv i
  2. Contents v
  3. Series Preface ix
  4. Introduction xi
  5. Women Together: Organizational Life
  6. The “Benevolent Fair”: A Study of Charitable Organization among American Women in the First Third of the Nineteenth Century 3
  7. Ladies Bountiful: Organized Women’s Benevolence in Early 19th-century America 17
  8. Women in Groups: An Analysis of Women’s Benevolent Organizations in New York and Boston, 1797–1840 41
  9. Timid Girls, Venerable Widows and Dignified Matrons: Life Cycle Patterns among Organized Women in New York and Boston, 1797–1840 66
  10. Two “Kindred Spirits”: Sorority and Family in New England, 1839–1846 85
  11. A “Pleasingly Oppressive” Burden: The Transformation of Domestic Service and Female Charity in Salem, 1800–1840 104
  12. Business Heads and Sympathizing Hearts: The Women of the Providence Employment Society, 1837–1858 124
  13. “True Philanthropy” and the Limits of the Female Sphere: Poor Relief and Labor Organizations in Ante-Bellum Cleveland 135
  14. The Silent Charity: A History of the Cincinnati Maternity Society 165
  15. The 1893 Congress of Jewish Women: Evolution or Revolution in American Jewish Women’s History? 178
  16. Organized Mother Love: The Buffalo Women’s Educational and Industrial Union, 1885–1915 194
  17. “Our Sister’s Keepers”: The Minneapolis Woman’s Christian Association and Housing for Working Women 217
  18. Civilizing Kansas: Women’s Organizations, 1880–1920 247
  19. Jewish Women of the Club: The Changing Public Role of Atlanta’s Jewish Women (1870–1930) 284
  20. Mary Church Terrell and the National Association of Colored Women, 1896 to 1901 307
  21. Toward a Broader Angle of Vision in Uncovering Women’s History: Black Women’s Clubs Revisited 321
  22. Beyond the Classroom: The Organizational Lives of Black Female Educators in the District of Columbia, 1890–1930 338
  23. Women, Consumerism, and the National Consumers’ League in the Progressive Era, 1900–1923 350
  24. “Limited Only by Earth and Sky”: The Louisville Woman’s Club and Progressive Reform, 1900–1910 365
  25. Kansas Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs, 1900–1930 382
  26. Working Girls Unite 409
  27. “Sisterhood and Sociability”: The Utah Women’s Press Club, 1891–1928 432
  28. Separatism as Strategy: Female Institution Building and American Feminism, 1870–1930 445
  29. Copyright Information 463
  30. Index 467
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Chapters in this book

  1. i-iv i
  2. Contents v
  3. Series Preface ix
  4. Introduction xi
  5. Women Together: Organizational Life
  6. The “Benevolent Fair”: A Study of Charitable Organization among American Women in the First Third of the Nineteenth Century 3
  7. Ladies Bountiful: Organized Women’s Benevolence in Early 19th-century America 17
  8. Women in Groups: An Analysis of Women’s Benevolent Organizations in New York and Boston, 1797–1840 41
  9. Timid Girls, Venerable Widows and Dignified Matrons: Life Cycle Patterns among Organized Women in New York and Boston, 1797–1840 66
  10. Two “Kindred Spirits”: Sorority and Family in New England, 1839–1846 85
  11. A “Pleasingly Oppressive” Burden: The Transformation of Domestic Service and Female Charity in Salem, 1800–1840 104
  12. Business Heads and Sympathizing Hearts: The Women of the Providence Employment Society, 1837–1858 124
  13. “True Philanthropy” and the Limits of the Female Sphere: Poor Relief and Labor Organizations in Ante-Bellum Cleveland 135
  14. The Silent Charity: A History of the Cincinnati Maternity Society 165
  15. The 1893 Congress of Jewish Women: Evolution or Revolution in American Jewish Women’s History? 178
  16. Organized Mother Love: The Buffalo Women’s Educational and Industrial Union, 1885–1915 194
  17. “Our Sister’s Keepers”: The Minneapolis Woman’s Christian Association and Housing for Working Women 217
  18. Civilizing Kansas: Women’s Organizations, 1880–1920 247
  19. Jewish Women of the Club: The Changing Public Role of Atlanta’s Jewish Women (1870–1930) 284
  20. Mary Church Terrell and the National Association of Colored Women, 1896 to 1901 307
  21. Toward a Broader Angle of Vision in Uncovering Women’s History: Black Women’s Clubs Revisited 321
  22. Beyond the Classroom: The Organizational Lives of Black Female Educators in the District of Columbia, 1890–1930 338
  23. Women, Consumerism, and the National Consumers’ League in the Progressive Era, 1900–1923 350
  24. “Limited Only by Earth and Sky”: The Louisville Woman’s Club and Progressive Reform, 1900–1910 365
  25. Kansas Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs, 1900–1930 382
  26. Working Girls Unite 409
  27. “Sisterhood and Sociability”: The Utah Women’s Press Club, 1891–1928 432
  28. Separatism as Strategy: Female Institution Building and American Feminism, 1870–1930 445
  29. Copyright Information 463
  30. Index 467
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