5 female Negro officers of Women's League, Newport, R.I. – Historic Reproduction
![5 female Negro officers of Women's League, Newport, R.I., [1899?] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/21/21680f0d0a4e-L.webp)
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5 female Negro officers of Women's League, Newport, R.I.
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Five Black women, identified on the caption card as officers of a Women's League in Newport, Rhode Island, pose for this portrait, which catalogers date tentatively to 1899. The card notes that the print was shown in the American Negro exhibit at the 1900 Paris Exposition, a display organized by W.E.B. Du Bois and his collaborators to present the lives and achievements of Black Americans to an international audience. Women's clubs of this period often ran charity, education and social welfare work in their communities, so the picture offers a glimpse of civic leadership at the turn of the century. The organization's exact name is still uncertain, since the sources flag it with a question mark.
| Created / published | [1899?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1890-1900. |
| Subjects | Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Reportedly displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900. Caption card tracings: Woman; African American history; RI -- Newport; Woman -- Rights of Negro women; Shelf. Sources checked: OCAT (Nat'l. Women's League?) |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,950 × 3,199 px · prints to 13 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-127874 |
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