social welfare of women and children. To protect the rights of women and children. To raise the standard and quality of life in home and family. To secure and use our influence for the enforcement of civil and political rights for all citizens. To promote the education of women and children through the work of effective programs. To obtain for African-American families the opportunity of reaching the highest levels of human endeavor. To promote effective interaction with the organization's male auxiliary. To promote inter-racial understanding so that justice and good will may prevail amongst all people. Presidents Mary Church Terrell – 1st President (1896–1900) Josephine Silone Yates – 2nd President (1900–1904) Lucy Thurman – 3rd President (1904–1908) Elizabeth Carter Brooks – 4th President (1908–1912) Margaret James Murray (Mrs. Booker T. Washington) – 5th President (1912–1916) Mary B. Talbert – 6th President (1916–1920) Miss Hallie Q. Brown – 7th President (1920–1924) Mary McLeod Bethune – 8th President (1924–1928) Mrs. Sallie Wyatt Stewart – 9th President (1928–1933) Dr. Mary Fitzbutler Waring – 10th President (1933–1937) Mrs. Jennie B. Moton – 11th President (1937–1941) Mrs. Ada Belle Dement – 12th President (1941–1945) Mrs. Christine S. Smith – 13th President (1946–1948) Ella P. Stewart – 14th President (1948–1952) Irene McCoy Gaines – 15th President (1952–1958) Dr Rosa L. Gragg – 16th President (1958–1964) Mamie B. Reese – 17th President (1964–1968) Myrtle Ollison – 18th President (1968–1972) Juanita W. Brown – 19th President (1972–1976) Inez W. Tinsley – 20th President (1976–1980) Otelia Champion – 21st President (1980–1984) Myrtle E. Gray – 22nd President (1984–1988) Dolores M. Harris – 23rd President (1988–1992) Savannah C. Jones — 24th President (1992–1996) Patricia L. Fletcher — 25th President (1996–2002) Margaret J. Cooper — 26th President (2002–2006) Dr. Marie Wright Tolliver – 27th President (2006–2010) Evelyn Rising – 28th President (2010–2014) Sharon R. Bridgeforth – 29th President (2014–2018) Andrea Brooks-Smith – 30th President (2018–present) Conventions 1st, 1897, Nashville, Tennessee 2nd, 1899, Chicago, Illinois 3rd, 1901, Buffalo, New York 4th, 1904, St. Louis, Missouri 5th, 1906, Detroit, Michigan 6th, 1908, Brooklyn, New York 7th, 1910, Louisville, Kentucky 8th, 1912, Hampton, Virginia 9th, 1914, Wilberforce, Ohio 10th, 1916, Baltimore, Maryland 11th, 1918, Denver, Colorado 12th, 1920, Tuskegee, Alabama 13th, 1922, Richmond, Virginia 14th, 1924, Chicago, Illinois 15th, 1926, Oakland, California 16th, 1928, Washington, D. C. 17th, 1930, Hot Springs, Arkansas 18th, 1933, Chicago, Illinois 19th, 1935, Cleveland, Ohio 20th, 1937, Fort Worth,