Polly Cowan papers, 1942-1976 (bulk 1967-1976).

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Polly Cowan papers, 1942-1976 (bulk 1967-1976).

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Publications and reports (1967-1976) documenting Cowan's work with the National Council of Negro Women; unpublished ms. detailing her experiences with the Council's Wednesdays in Mississippi (WIMS) program; family correspondence (1942-1974); training materials (1969) documenting her role in the Urban Coalition's Call to Action campaign; and transcripts and audio tapes of two interviews conducted by Cowan with Dorothy Height, president of the National Council of Negro Women.

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National Council of Negro Women

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The National Council of Negro Women (NANW) was founded December 5, 1935 by Mary McLeod Bethune. It grew out of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW). Bethune was an educator and the daughter of former slaves. She branched off the ideas of the NACW and began the start of the NCNW to help African American women and their families. Women on the council fought more towards political and economic successes of black women to uplift them in society. NCNW fulfills this mission through researc...

Urban Coalition

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Cowan, Polly, 1913-1976

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Journalist. From the description of Polly Cowan papers, 1942-1976 (bulk 1967-1976). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70949700 ...

Height, Dorothy I. (Dorothy Irene), 1912-2010

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Social worker. From the description of Reminiscences of Dorothy I. Height : oral history, 1976. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309740864 Civil rights activist; YWCA worker From the description of Dorothy Irene Height papers, 1937-2005 (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 463485177 Dorothy Irene Height was born March 24, 1912 in Richmond, Virginia to Fannie Burroughs and James Height. Both of Height's paren...

Wednesdays in Mississippi

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