The great work that is being done for the elevation of the colored people by the untiring workers, such as Mrs. Victoria Matthews, Mrs. Booker T. Washington and Mrs. Libbie C. Anthony, and others, who are leaders in what is known as the Federation of Afro-American Women. The object of this organization is the "concentration of the dormant energies of the women of the Afro-American race into one broad band of sisterhood; for the purpose of establishing needed reforms, and the practical encouragement of all efforts being put forth by various agencies, religious, educational, ethical and otherwise, for the upbuilding, ennobling and advancement of the race; (2) To awaken the women of the race to the great need of systematic effort in home making and the divinely imposed duties of motherhood.
The need of rescue work among our people by our women. The establishment of Christian homes and asylums for our fallen and wayward.
The separate car law.
Prison reform.
The plantation woman and child.
The John Brown Memorial Association.
The proposed international exposition in Paris, 1900; the part Afro-American women should take.
The need of a National Afro-American woman's paper.
Plans for raising necessary money and securing necessary support for the same.
How can the National Federation of Afro-American Women be made to serve the best interests and needs of our women?