Nine women pose with Nannie Helen Burroughs holding sign reading: “Banner State Woman’s National Baptist Convention,” ca. 1910

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This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Education - Nannie Helen Burroughs
Nine women pose with Nannie Helen Burroughs holding sign reading: “Banner State Woman’s National Baptist Convention,” ca. 1910
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Education - Nannie Helen Burroughs

Uncompromising feminist Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879-1961) devoted her life to improving the career prospects for women and girls. She often went up against men who could not imagine women in leadership positions and, throughout her career,…