Social history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Mary White Ovington Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP000323_MWO
Abstract
Mary White Ovington began her career as a social worker, devoting her efforts to the problems of African-Americans in New York and other cities. She helped found the National Association for Advancement of Colored People and remained an officer and prominent figure until her retirement in 1947. Her papers reflect her interest and involvement with the living conditions of the poor in New York City and African-Americans in the south in the early 1900s; the foundation and growth of the NAACP; the...
Dates:
1854 - 1948
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Mary White Ovington Papers