Members of National Housewives League at convention in Detroit, Michigan

Description:

Group portrait of members of National Housewives League posing in front of Lucy Thurman YWCA building during emergency convention in Detroit, Michigan. Label on back: "These delegates and friends were among the many who attended the emergency convention of the National Housewives League in Detroit on July 24 an 25 at Lucy Thurman YWCA. In the picture, left to right, front row, standing, are: Master Smith, Mrs. Mary Turner, of Boston; Mrs. Gertrude Tolbert, Detroit; Mrs. Lucy Winslett, Oklahaoma City, Okla.; Mrs. Sallie Anderson, Birmingham, Ala.; Mrs. Estelle Crosby, Boston, Mass.; Mrs. J.D. Jackson, Durham, N.C.; Mrs. Kitty Hall, St. Louis, Mo.; Roscoe Dungee, president National Negro Business league, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Christine Fuqua, national president; Carlton W. Gaines, Detroit; Mrs. L. Buckner, Baltimore; extreme end: John Smith, his daughter and grandson. In second row, standing in center, L.C. Blount, president of Booker T. Washington Trade association, Detroit. In the background are shown other officers and delegates of the league. The meeting was acclaimed a success."

Date Issued:

1945-07-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Detroit Public Library

Collection:

Burton Historical Collection

Subject Topic:

Housewives League (U.S.), African American women--Michigan--Societies, etc., Housewives League of Detroit, and Photographic prints

Format:

nonprojected graphic

Language:

eng

Rights:

Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

URL:

https://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A143123