Timeline

Mary Church Terrell

1863, Sept. 23: Born Mary Eliza Church, at Memphis, TN

1869: Sent to "Model School" for children, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH

1884: A.B., Oberling College

1885-87: Taught at Wilberforce University

1887-88: Taught at High School for Colored Youth, Washington D.C.

1888: A.M. Oberlin College

1888-90: Studied and Travelled in France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy

1890-91: Resumed teaching at High School for Colored Youth, Washington D.C.

1891: Married Robert Heberton Terrell

1895-1901: Appointed to District of Columbia School Board

1896: Organized and became first president of the National Association of Colored Women

1898-1920: Active in women's suffrage movement

1904: Addressed International Congress of Women, Berlin

1906-11: Reappointed to District of Columbia School Board

1909: Charter member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP)

1918-19: Served in War Camp Community Service

1919: Addressed Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Zurich

1920: Appointed supervisor for the Committee for Eastern District Work Among Colored Women, Republican National Committee

1929-30: Campaigned for Ruth Hanna McCormick, Republican Candidate for US Senate from Illinois

1932: Served as adviser to the Republican National Committee, Hoover Presidential campaign

1937: Represented American black women at World Fellowship of Faiths, London

1940: Published her autobiography, A Colored Woman in a White World

1949: Admitted to membership in the American Association of University Women after being rejected by the Washington Branch

Elected Chairman of the Coordinating Committee for the Enforcement of the D.C. Anti-discrimination Laws

1954, July 24: Died, Annapolis, MD