Mary Church Terrell
Mary Church Terrell
African American leader Mary Church Terrell worked for women's rights and racial justice. Her life spanned from just after the Emancipation Proclamation to just after Brown v. Board of Education.
Mary Church Terrell Quotes
Quotes by Mary Church Terrell - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Black Women Sent to the Back of the Suffrage March
Ida B. Wells and Mary Church Terrell had very different reactions when black women were asked to march at the end of a suffrage parade in 1913.
Mary Church Terrell - 1902 Essay on Race
In this essay, titled "What Role Is the Educated Negro Woman to Play in the Uplifting of Her Race?," Mary Church Terrell considers how African Americans can "triumph over present obstacles."
Image: Mary Eliza Church Terrell
Portrait of Terrell, from the collection of the Library of Congress.
Harmon Collection
An oil portrait of Terrell from the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. Page includes a short background sketch of Terrell.
Mary Church Terrell
Brief biography, part of the online collection, "The Progress of a People." Includes an image of a poster typically used to announce a lecture by Mary Church Terrell.
Mary Church Terrell House
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Mary Church Terrell lived in Washington, D.C. when she worked for integration in the District. This page shows her Washington home, not open to the public but on the National Register of Historic Places.
Pamphlet Excerpt: "The Progress of Colored Women"
Audio and a transcription of two paragraphs rom a pamphlet by Mary Church Terrell.
The Progress of Colored Women
An 1898 address by Mary Church Terrell to the National American Women's Suffrage Association at the 50th anniversary of Seneca Falls.
Today in History, September 23
An illustrated mini-essay on the life and work of Terrell, from the Library of Congress. The article is hyperlinked to more information from the Library of Congress web collections.
What It Means to be Colored in Capital of the U.S.
From a 1906 speech delivered by March Church Terrell to the United Women's Club, Washington, D. C.