Nannie Helen Burroughs
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Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879-1961) - Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879-1961)
A suffragist, orator, educator, &
club/church leader for gender and
racial equality, she worked in
Louisville for the Foreign Mission
Board of Nat’l Baptist Convention
from 1900-1910. She created the
Woman’s Industrial Club to teach
work skills to Black women & was a
founder of the Woman’s Convention
NBC & KY Assoc. of Colored Women.
Presented by Cheri B. Hamilton, Genie Potter.
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Notable Educator, Social Activist -
Burroughs opened the National
Training School for Women and
Girls in Washington, D.C. Pupils
learned to become wage earners &
homemakers. The school was renamed
in her honor in 1964. Burroughs
dedicated her life to a just
society by advocating for voting
rights as political power, full
citizenship, & against lynching.
Louisville Office for Women
Dedicated May 12, 2021.
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