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Mary White Ovington (April 11, 1865 – July 15, 1951) was an American socialist, suffragist, journalist, and co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Mary White Ovington was deeply involved in two of the most important movements of the 20th century: civil rights and women's suffrage. Joining the civil rights cause. Ovington was born in 1865 in Brooklyn to parents who supported women's rights and the abolition of slavery.
Apr 23, 2024 · Mary White Ovington was an American civil rights activist, one of the white reformers who joined African Americans in founding the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Oct 27, 2019 · Mary White Ovington (April 11, 1865 - July 15, 1951), a settlement house worker and writer, is remembered for the 1909 call that led to the founding of the NAACP, and for being a trusted colleague and friend of W.E.B. Du Bois. She was a board member and officer of the NAACP over 40 years.
Oct 17, 2022 · Mary White Ovington was born April 11, 1865 in Brooklyn, New York into a wealthy abolitionist family. Her parents, members of the Unitarian Church were supporters of women’s rights and had been involved in anti-slavery movement.
Mary White Ovington (1865–1951), a social worker and freelance writer, was a principal NAACP founder and officer for almost forty years. Born in Brooklyn, New York, into a wealthy abolitionist family, she became a socialist while a student at Radcliffe College.
Mary White Ovington (1865-1951) was a civil rights reformer and a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
It is hard to overestimate the influence of Unitarianism on Mary White Ovington, who was born at the time of the assassination of President Lincoln and at the end of the Civil War; and died after World War II in 1951.
Mary White Ovington was a white feminist and civil-rights activist who was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
OVINGTON, Mary White. Born 11 April 1865, Brooklyn, New York; died 15 July 1951, Newton, Massachusetts. Daughter of Theodore T. and Louise Vetcham Ovington. The daughter of a well-to-do New York family, Mary White Ovington was raised by abolitionists and radicals.
