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Indiana Federation of Colored Women's Clubs

Location: 2034 N. Capitol Avenue, Indianapolis. (Marion County, Indiana)

Erected 1997 Indiana Historical Bureau and Indiana Federation of Colored Women's Clubs

ID# : 49.1997.1

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Organized 1904 by Lillian Thomas Fox with 14 clubs. Affiliated with National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, founded 1896. Objectives include improvement of education, health, living standards, inter-racial understanding. Clubhouse at 2034 N. Capitol since 1927. Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1987.

Keywords

African American, Women