Minnie T. Wright (clubwoman)

Not to be confused with Minnie T. Wright (composer).

Minnie T. Wright (fl. 1920s–1930s) was an American clubwoman from Boston.[1] She was one of the organizers seeking a building for African-American woman's club activities in Boston[2] and served as president of the Massachusetts Union of Women's Clubs from 1928 to 1932.[3][4] An African American, she belonged to the Women's Municipal League,[5] the Daughters of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World,[6] and attempted to set up official rules for joining the Northeastern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, requiring that any applying clubs must be involved in charity and that every woman in the club must attend church.[7] She was elected president of the Northeastern Federation of Women's Clubs Inc[8] on September 6, 1934.[9]

References

  1. ^ Bulletin of the Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia. Vol. 7. Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia. 1912. p. 40.
  2. ^ Daniels, John (1914). In Freedom's Birthplace: A Study of the Boston Negroes. Johnson Reprint. p. 212.
  3. ^ GPO-CRECB-1930-pt8-v72-6-1 Page 15 Congressional Record
  4. ^ Leslie, LaVonne (November 30, 2012). The History of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc.: A Legacy of Service. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 9781479722655.
  5. ^ Journal of the National Medical Association. Vol. 11–12. Appleton-Century-Crofts. 1919. p. 182.
  6. ^ Quigley, David; O'Toole, James, eds. (2003). "10: The Politics of Sex and Race in Boston's NAACP, 1920-1940". Boston's Histories: Essays in Honor of Thomas H. O'Connor. Boston: Northeastern University Press. p. 209. ISBN 1-55553-557-7. OCLC 50960800.
  7. ^ Collier-Thomas, Bettye (February 2, 2010). Jesus, Jobs, and Justice: African American Women and Religion. Knopf Doubleday. p. xxx. ISBN 9780307593054.
  8. ^ "Northeastern Clubs End Conference In Brooklyn". The New York Age. August 14, 1937. Retrieved November 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Mrs. Minnie T. Wright Heads N. E. Federation Of Women's Clubs". The Pittsburgh Courier. September 8, 1934. Retrieved November 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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