Convention badge

ID: 3891 ~ Source: Courtesy of the National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.

https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_533471
This file appears in: Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879-1961)
Convention badge

Convention badge worn by Nannie Helen Burroughs. Burroughs was an officer of the Women’s Convention, Auxiliary to the National Baptist Convention, for over forty years.

This file appears in: Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879-1961)

By Alli Robic
Historical marker #2609, located in Jefferson County, commemorates the life and legacy of Nannie Helen Burroughs, suffragist, orator, educator, and club/church leader for gender and racial equality. During Nannie Helen Burroughs’ lifetime, she…