Nannie Burroughs, Woman's National Baptist Convention

Title

Nannie Burroughs, Woman's National Baptist Convention

Description

Nannie Burroughs leading the Woman’s National Baptist Convention with other members of the convention.
 
Nannie Burroughs was an African-American educator and orator that lived by three Bs – the bible, the bath, and the broom, which stood for a clean life, a clean body, and a clean house. These were the rules she lived by and implemented in the school she founded, the National Training School for Women and Girls in Washington, D.C. The school taught courses for employment such as gardening, shoe repair, and barbering. She also taught African-American history and culture, as she wanted her students to be proud of their roots and not be submissive to their employers. In addition to these efforts, she joined the National League of Republican Colored Women, and the National Association of Wage Earners so her students could earn better wages once they graduated. After her death, the school was renamed the Nannie Helen Burroughs School and was made into a National Historic Landmark.

Creator

Unknown

Date

1905-1915

Source

https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3c00000/3c06000/3c06600/3c06646r.jpg

Rights

(Source: Nannie Helen Burroughs. (2012, July 8). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 19:40, October 12, 2012, from http://bit.ly/SXlD2N)

Publisher

Library of Congress

Contributor

Library of Congress

Format

Medium: Photograph.

Language

English

Type

Figures

Identifier

Nannie Burroughs, Women's National Baptist Convention, African-Americans, Women, Wages, Training School for Women and Girls

Coverage

Historic

Files

nannieburroughs.jpg

Reference

Unknown, Nannie Burroughs, Woman's National Baptist Convention, Library of Congress, 1905-1915

Cite As

Unknown, “Nannie Burroughs, Woman's National Baptist Convention,” Virtual Museum of Public Service, accessed March 29, 2024, https://vmps.omeka.net/items/show/330.