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"A white woman has only one handicap to overcome - that of sex. I have two - both sex and race. ... Colored men have only one - that of race. Colored women are the only group in this country who have two heavy handicaps to overcome, that of race as well as that of sex." - Mary Church Terrell at the 1890 National Woman Suffrage Assocation Convention
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Roots & Origins:
Mary Church Terrell was born on September 23, 1863 in Memphis, Tennessee to a prominent black family.
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Collections & Papers
- The Church Family Papers, The University of Memphis, Digital Comms
- Mary Church Terrell Papers, 1884-2004, 2009, Oberlin College Archives
- Mary Church Terrell Papers, Library of Congress
- Mary Church Terrell Papers, with Transcriptions, Library of Congress
- Mary Church Terrell Collection, Howard University
- Mary Church Terrell Papers, Jane Adams Digital Edition
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Robert Reed Church (father)
Robert Reed Church Jr (brother)
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Oberlin College (1884)
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NAACP (co-founder)
National Association of Colored Women (cofounder and President 1896-1901)
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. (wrote the organization's Oath)
International Council of Women of the Darker Races
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