<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/schema/zthes-1.0.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>1175</termId><termName>Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954)</termName><termType>PT</termType><termLanguage>en-US</termLanguage><termVocabulary>COEXISTENCE  - Thesaurus of intersectionality  and decolonial issues: black studies, gender, sexuality  and feminist studies</termVocabulary>	<termStatus>active</termStatus>	<termApproval>approved</termApproval>	<termSortkey>Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954)</termSortkey><termNote label="History"><![CDATA[ <p><img class="myclass" src="http://d207ibygpg2z1x.cloudfront.net/image/upload/v1544418512/articles_upload/content/awuptmtvlt46gbgcyklq.jpg" border="0" /></p>
<p>Mary Church Terrell was a civil rights activist and suffragist, as well as one of the first African American women to earn a college degree when she graduated from Oberlin College in 1884. She went on to become the first president of the National Association of Colored Women, as well as a founding member of the NAACP.</p>
<p>She's also a well-known feminist writer with powerful works such as "A Plea for the White South by a Colored Woman" and "A Colored Woman in a White World."</p>
<p>Source: <a href="https://fairygodboss.com/career-topics/famous-black-feminists" target="_blank">https://fairygodboss.com/career-topics/famous-black-feminists</a></p> ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954)</termCreatedDate><termModifiedDate>2021-05-06 13:50:50</termModifiedDate><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>171</termId><termName>Influential black women</termName><termType>TT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>