Invisible Activists: Women of the Louisiana NAACP and the Struggle for Civil Rights, 1915–1945

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appendix฀1 NAACP Administrative Structure, 1939 board฀of฀directors Standing Committees Administrative Budget Legal Financial Springarn Medal Awards Board Chairman President Vice-President Treasurer Executive Secretary Crisis (Director of Research to 1934) Office Secretary Assistant Secretary Director of Publicity Legal Counsel Branch Director Field Secretary Assistant Counsel Source: Reproduced from the collections of the Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. appendix฀2 NAACP Branch Organization Source: Constitution and By-Laws for the Branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1917 (amended 1919, 1924, 1931). Papers of the NAACP, microfilm, Cambridge University Library. national฀organization Executive Committee General Membership (including branch meetings) Elected Officials President Secretary Vice-President Treasurer Standing Committees Membership Nominating (appointed) Labor & Industry Press & Publicity Education Entertainment Finance Legal & Redress Women’s Women’s Auxiliary Youth & College Youth Council College Chapters appendix฀3 Selected NAACP Branch Membership Numbers, 1917–1945 new฀orleans฀฀฀฀฀฀baton฀rouge฀฀฀฀฀฀monroe฀฀฀฀฀฀alexandria 1917 56 (14) 1918 100 1919 59 (0) 1920 1924 206 (23) 1925 1926 267 (88) 1927 415 (130) 1928 505 (185) 63 (4) 1929 109 (15) 67 (11) 1930 74 (16) 74 (15) 52 (1) 102 1931 91 (42) 101 (21) 104 (11) 1932 50 (10) 46 (8) 1933 50 (15) 1934 750* 75 (23) 77 (13) 1935 714 (344) 90 (27) 1936 907 70 (18) 77 (17) 1937 359 133 (27) 51 (11) 1938 348 123 (34) 1939 1,154 254 (89) 24 (8) 1940 1941 1942 21 1943 3,019 1,433 152 1944 4,992 503 181 1945 8,077 1,671 1,059 212 Sources: Papers of the NAACP: Part 12: Selected Branch Files, 1913–1939, Series A: The South, Reels 13-15; Papers of the NAACP: Part 16: Selected Branch Files, 1940–55, Series B: The South, Louisiana, microfilm, Cambridge University Library. Notes: Only membership numbers that could be confirmed from this source have been included. Figures in parentheses are the number of female members where known. * An approximate number. appendix฀4 Women in Elected Office in Louisiana NAACP Branches, 1917–1945 New฀Orleans Vice-President Miss F. A. Lewis, 1921 Miss Thelma S. Shelby, 1939 Miss Katie Wickham, 1941 Secretary Miss A. V. Dunn, 1925 Mrs. D. J. Guidry, 1925–1932 Mrs. Oneida Brown, 1934–1935 Miss Edna St. Cyr, 1944 Secretary of Local Office Mrs. Gladys Greenwood, 1940 Assistant Secretary Miss A. V. Dunn, 1921 Irene A. Williams, 1927–1930, 1932 Mrs. O. M. Brown, 1935 Miss Camille Harrison, 1936–1939 Executive Committee 1917—Miss Charlotte Richards 1918—Miss Charlotte Richards 1921—Mrs. L. B. Landry 1925—Miss F. A. Lewis (schools), Miss A. V. Dunn (teachers), Mrs. M. T. Wells (nurses), Mrs. Ida Tropaz (women’s organizations) 1931—Mrs. V. C. Thompson 1936—Miss Elsie Lenoir, Miss Camille Harrison 1938—Mrs. E. O. Lyons-Taylor, O. R. Brown 1940—Mrs. Wylene Sazon, Miss N. Sanders, Miss A. Williams 1941—Miss Edna St. Cyr 1943—Mrs. Mildred C. Byrd, Mrs. Naomi Parnell, Miss Edna St. Cyr 1944—Mrs. Mildred C. Byrd, Mrs. Naomi Parnell, Mrs. M. P. Kennedy, Mrs. Noelie Cunningham, Mrs. G. G. Downey 1945 —Mrs. Noelie Cunningham, Mrs. G. G. Downey Baton฀Rouge Vice-President Mrs. D. J. Dupuy, 1929–1934 Secretary Mrs. D. J. Dupuy, 1935–1939, 1942–1944 Assistant Secretary Mrs. D. J. Dupuy, 1941 Executive Committee 1936—Mrs. Maggie Nance Ringgold 1938—Miss Tracey E. Baker, Mrs. Maggie Nance Ringgold 1939—Miss Tracey E. Baker 1942—Miss Tracey E. Baker, Mrs. Jessie Ricard 1944—Miss Tracey E. Baker, Mrs. Jessie Ricard Monroe Vice-President Mrs. H. W. Johnson, 1936–1938 Executive Committee 1932—Mrs. H. W. Johnson, Mrs. Henrietta Lyles 1936—Mrs. H. L. McClanahan (Honorary) 1939—Mrs. H. L. McClanahan Alexandria Chair of Legal Redress and Legislation Committee Miss Georgia M. Johnson, 1941–1944 Lake฀Charles Secretary Miss Artholia Ladd, 1944 Executive Committee 1944—Mrs. D. A. Combre, Mrs. A. Deboash Women in Elected Office in Louisiana NAACP Branches, 1917–1945฀฀/฀฀149 Independence Secretary Myrtle Gordon, 1945 St.฀Jackson Secretary Miss Leona F. Lasby, 1944 Sources: Papers of the NAACP: Part 12: Selected Branch Files, 1913–1939, Series A: The South, Reels 13-15; Papers of the NAACP: Part 16: Selected Branch Files, 1940–55, Series B: The South, Louisiana, microfilm, Cambridge University Library. 150฀฀/฀฀appendix฀4 [18.191.5.239] Project...