George, Daisy S. (Daisy Screven)

Daisy S. George is a member of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., and from 1973 to 1985 served as the organization's accredited representative to the United Nations under the auspices of the U.N.'s Non Governmental Organizations (NGO), Department of Public Information.

Mrs. George was born in South Carolina, attended the Mather School in Beaufort and Benedict College in South Carolina. She has served the National Council of Negro Women for more than forty years as an organizer, National First Vice President and a member of the National Executive Committee. Mrs. George has also been a member of the National Council of Women. Her work has taken her to Europe, Asia and Africa.

From the description of Daisy George papers, 1965-1986. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 86164234

Daisy S. George was a "club woman," a member of several prominent national and international women's organizations during most of her adult years, including the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. (NANBPWC), the National Council of Negro Women, the National Council of Women, U.S.A., and the International Council of Women. From 1973 to 1985 she served as the NANBPWC's accredited representative to the United Nations under the auspices of the U.N.'s Non Governmental Organizations (NGO), Department of Public Information. In this capacity she headed a number of special projects and study tours in Africa, including those to assist African women and children, and was also president of the organization's Westchester County Club. George was also a member of the National Council of Negro Women, having joined in 1943. She maintained her association with this organization for more than forty years, attaining several high administrative posts. For the National Council of Women, U.S.A. she served as chair, co-chair of committees, representative to international conferences as well as in other capacities in the 1970's to 1990's, including chairing a committee to study the issue of population in the United States. And for the International Council of Women, in the 1970's George was appointed to serve on the Special Commission on Slavery, and was a member of its executive committee. George was also affiliated with the United Nations African Mothers Association, which aided African mothers and children in a variety of capacities.

George's local volunteerism included being a founder and special consultant to the Northeast Bronx Day Care Center, which sponsored the Susan E. Wagner Child Care Center, for which she served on the board of directors. In a similar capacity George was on the board of directors of the R. Millard Farrell Learning and Enrichment Center, associated with the Eastchester Presbyterian Church in the Bronx. She served on the Schomburg Commission for the Preservation of Black Culture and was active in her church, the Church of the Master in Harlem.

In addition to her demanding and numerous volunteer positions, George's salaried posts included serving as an organizer, member of the board of directors and other related capacities for the New York Hotel Trades Council (1940's-early 1950's). She was executive director of the Nepperhan Community Center in the Bronx, and worked for the City of New York Department of Finance, where her final responsibility before her retirement in 1975 was as coordinator of the Work Training Program with the Neighborhood Youth Corps Program.

Daisy George was born in South Carolina in 1907, and attended Benedict College, also in that state. George received many honors, commendations and awards. She died in 2004.

From the guide to the Daisy George papers, ca.1945-ca.1995, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.)