National Association of Colored Women Founded, Largest Black Women's Organization

Mary Church Terrell, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, and Frances Harper are among the leaders who unite two national organizations into the National Association of Colored Women in Washington, D.C. With the motto 'Lifting As We Climb,' the NACW coordinates hundreds of local clubs fighting for anti-lynching legislation, suffrage, education, and community welfare under Terrell's presidency.