Mary Talbert

A staunch and productive civil rights activist in the early decades of the Twentieth Century, Mary Talbert fought for civil and women’s rights on the national and international stages. She was president of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, the major vehicle through which African American women exercised political power and also vice president and board member of the NAACP. She was named president for life of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association. During World War I, she was a member of the Women’s Committee of National Defense. After the war, she was appointed to the Women’s Committee on International Relations, which selected women nominees for position in the League of Nations.

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