In addition, in 1904 in Germany, Mary Church Terrell gave a speech to the International Council of Woman entirely in German. From 1898 to 1900 Mary Church Terrell attended the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Later she served on a committee that investigated alleged police mistreatment of African Americans. Du Bois motivated Terrell to start another association called the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Later in May of 1954 segregation of the schools was called unconstitutional in the landmark case Brown vs.

Terrell used this position to advance social and educational reforms.Their motto was 'lifting as we climb' which promoted racial uplift with education and activism. She was the first president of NACW from 1896-1901. She realized she belonged 'to the only group in this country that has two obstacles to surmount, both sex and race.' So in 1896 Mary Terrell founded the National Association of Colored Women (NACW). Unfortunately, white women were not willing to work together with African Americans to earn their rights because they thought no one would want to give black women the same rights. Mary Church Terrell Addison N Scurlock via WikimediaAfter resigning from her job Terrell became involved in the women's rights movement. The law stated that married women weren't allowed to work as educators, so when she married Robert Heberton Terrell, who was D.C.'s first African American municipal judge, in 1891 she resigned from her job. She participated on Washington's Board of Education from 1895 to 1901 and then again from 1906 to 1911. Terrell was the first African American woman to be appointed to a school board. She then became a teacher and principal of M Street Colored High School, which later was renamed to Dunbar High School. In 1884 she earned her bachelors and in 1888 she earned her masters degree in education. Later she became one of the first black women to earn a college degree in Oberlin College in Ohio. She grew up in a rich family and was taught the value of education by her parents. Mary Terrell was born to former slaves Robert Reed Church and Louisa Ayers during the Civil War. Even with the 'obstacles of race and sex' she was able to be a big American influence. She lectured throughout the country on the importance for black women to vote and wrote stories, poems and articles about race and gender for magazines and journals. She is best known for being a member of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) and an advocate for civil rights and suffrage movement. Mary Church Terrell was a very inspirational woman. Unknown author / Public domain via Wikimedia

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