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Nannie Helen Burroughs
Nannie Helen Burroughs made a name for herself at the age of twenty-one with her speech "How Sisters are Hindered from Helping" at the 1900 meeting of the National Baptist Convention. She became a prolific speaker and writer on political and social issues affecting African American women. Burroughs believed that voting rights were part of African American women's fight for full equality. A believer in individual and community empowerment, in 1909 she founded the National Training School for Women and Girls. The Washington, D.C., school provided academic and vocational training for African American girls. |