Letter from Viola Ford Turner, president of the Metropolitan Council for Negro Women in Charleston, to Margaret Carter, chief of division of public liaison with the Department of State. The letter discusses the event the group held in Charleston for the United Nations' anniversary on October 23, and thanks Carter for sending Mr. Strong to the event.
Letter from Bertie L. Derrick, national field director for the National Council of Negro Women, confirming she will be in Sumter to help organize the Charleston Metropolitan branch of the Council. A handwritten note indicates it was organized April 9, 1949 with Mrs. V.F. Turner as president and Fields as secretary.
Cover page and inside cover from the Women United publication by the National Council of Negro Women. The cover features a photo of Mary McLeod Bethune.
Photo of several women sitting around a table, including Septima Clark, Ethelyn M. Parker, and Mamie Fields (standing). Caption on back names all people and says they were forming a new group for the organization of the National Council of Negro Women.
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