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“The work of black club women contributed to the survival of the black community. Black women’s clubs were, like the clubs of white women, led by educated, often by middle-class women, but unlike their white counterparts, black club women frequently successfully bridged the class barrier and concerned themselves with issues of importance to poor women, working mothers, tenant farm wives.  They were concerned with education, self and community improvement, but they always strongly emphasized race pride and race advancement.  Their inspiring example of self-help and persistent community service deserves to be more closely studied by historians, especially those interested in urban history.”

 Gerda Lerner, “Early Community Work of Black Club Women,” Journal of Negro History, April 1974.