Join Steam at Harper’s Ferry and Rabbit Hole History Productions to remember the women and men who traveled to Harper’s Ferry in July 1896 as part of the First National Convention of the National League of Colored Women. Take a self-guided tour to the places they frequented and learn more about the amazing women who posed for the iconic photo that graces the wayside at Murphy’s Farm. Shining lights of the three day convention as well as the organization, the National Federation Of Afro-American Women (Mrs. Booker T. (Margaret Murray) Washington, President) with which it joined after this meeting included Helen A. Cook, President of the NLCW, Anna Julia Cooper, Coralie Franklin, Amanda Lyles, Anna Murray, Barbara E. Pope, Mary Church Terrell, Lucy Thurman and Harriet Tubman. That year, the National League of Colored Women joined resources with the National Federation of Afro-American Women, to form the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs with Terrell elected as its first president. Four years later, some were selected to be part of the 1900 Paris Exhibition‘s Negro Exhibit as authors, poets and journalists. Ten years later, in 1906, several returned for the Second Niagara Movement meeting at Harper’s Ferry.
Where: Murphy Farm, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
When: July 22, 2023 from 9 am – 3 pm
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