WASHINGTON, MARGARET MURRAY (MRS. BOOKER T.) 1865-1925.


The Advancement of Colored Women. New York: American Missionary Association, [c. 1900]. 8 pp. 8vo (230 x 150 mm). Steel-engraved headpiece. Staple-bound. Creased horizontally, thumbsoiling.Born to sharecroppers, Margaret Murray studied at Fisk University and was appointed as the female Principal of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (today, Tuskegee University). She was a founding member of the National Association of Colored Women and a prominent anti-lynching advocate. This essay, published by the American Missionary Association, argues for the importance of educating black women.