Front façade of the restored Terrell House.

ID: 5690 ~ Source: Zachary Burt. ~ Date: October 2023.

This file appears in: Mary Church Terrell House: This was the home of distinguished civil rights activist, suffragist, and educator Mary Church Terrell, who served as the first president of the National Association of Colored Women.

Mary Church Terrell House: This was the home of distinguished civil rights activist, suffragist, and educator Mary Church Terrell, who served as the first president of the National Association of Colored Women.

By The DC Historic Sites team

Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954) earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at Oberlin College during the 1880s and taught in Ohio and Washington, DC. Following the completion of her graduate degree,…