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Title: The story of the Illinois Federation of Colored Women's Clubs
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Davis, Elizabeth Lindsay
Subjects: Illinois Federation of Colored Women's Clubs African American women African American women
Publisher: (Chicago : s.n.)
Contributing Library: University of Illinois at Chicago
Digitizing Sponsor: CARLI: Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois

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at Rock Island. She is also a member of the Executive Board andan ardent supporter of the Lincoln Colored Home at Springfield ofwhich her life long friend, Mrs. Eva Monroe is matron. She has been a tireless worker in the State Federation since its organization, has missed only one session in twenty one years and has held the offices of Chairman of the Committee on Constitution and By-Laws; Assistant Secretary, and President. MRS. MARY JANE JACKSON )\Irs. Mary Jane Jackson was boinand educated in Galesburg, Illinois.After her marriage to Rev. Jackson, aprominent Baptist minister, she movedto Jacksonville where she became pro-minent in church work. Coming toChicago after the deith of her husband,she immediately became interested inclub work and was one of the chartermembers and the first president of theIllinois Federation. Failing healthprevented her attending the biennial ofthe N. A. C. W. in 1901, to which shewas a delegate and shortly after theState meeting at Peoria, in October of
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MRS. JENNIE :\rcCLAIN Mrs. Jennie Coleman McClain was l)orn in Springfield, IllinoisFebrnary 12, 185.^). Her jiaieiits, L- uiulniin and ^lelissa Coleman,who were among the oldest settlers of that city, believed in higher educa-and after their daughters gradnation from gramnier school at the ageof 17, sent her to High School to complete lier edncation. Ill healthhowever, made it necessary to leave school in her third year and seekn change of climate. Going to Missnnri, she snccessfnlly tanght schoolin Colnmbia, Meica, Shelbyville and several other towns. Mrs. McClain has always been active in religions, fraternal and so-cial life. At varions periods of her career, she has creditably filled thepositions of Organist and later Treasurer of the Union Baptist SundaySchool; Secretary of Zion Baptist Sunday School, the Union BaptistChurch, Shiloh Court No. 1, H. J., Estella Clnpter No. 3, O. E. S..John Browns Womans Relief Corps No. 58: Assistant Secretary andlater Vice President of the Woodstoryofillinoisf00davi

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