Downtown in Louisville in Jefferson County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
Nannie Helen Burroughs / Notable Educator, Social Activist
(1879-1961)
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 24, 2022
1. Nannie Helen Burroughs Marker side
Nannie Helen Burroughs A suffragist, orator, educator, & club/church leader for gender and racial equality, she worked in Louisville for the Foreign Mission Board of Nat’l Baptist Convention from 1900-1910. She created the Woman’s Industrial Club to teach work skills to Black women & was a founder of the Woman’s Convention NBC & KY Assoc. of Colored Women.
Notable Educator, Social Activist Burroughs opened the National Training School for Women and Girls in Washington, D.C. Pupils learned to become wage earners & homemakers. The school was renamed in her honor in 1964. Burroughs dedicated her life to a just society by advocating for voting rights as political power, full citizenship, & against lynching.
Erected 2020 by Kentucky Historical Society • Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 2609.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Education • Women. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1879.
Location. 38°
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Good Shepherd Order (within shouting distance of this marker); Old Catholic High School (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Center Street C.M.E. Church / Brown Memorial C.M.E. Church (about 700 feet away); Prentice School (approx. 0.2 miles away); Dr. James Bond (1863-1929) / Early Leader and Educator (approx. 0.2 miles away); Knights of Pythias Temple / Hub of Culture and History (approx. 0.2 miles away); Louisville Western Branch Library (approx. ¼ mile away); Charles W. Anderson, Jr. (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Louisville.
Also see . . .
1. Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879-1971). Burroughs adopted the motto “We specialize in the wholly impossible” for the National Trade and Professional School for Women and Girls, which taught courses at the high school and junior college levels. (Errin Jackson, BlackPast, posted March 27, 2007) (Submitted on August 8, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
2. Portraits, activities, and associates of Nannie Helen Burroughs.
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 24, 2022
2. Notable Educator, Social Activist Marker side
3. Urban Odyssey: Nannie Helen Burroughs. Nannie H. Burroughs was a prominent African American civil rights activist and a continuing champion for women's rights. Burroughs's long career focused on improving educational opportunities for African-American women, an essential tool for improving black life. The founder of the National Trade and Professional School for Women and Girls in Deanwood in 1909, her legacy lives on in the name of the Nannie Helen Burroughs School in Northeast Washington. (Humanities Council of Washington, D.C., "Urban Odyssey" public television series, 1991) (Submitted on August 8, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 24, 2022
3. Nannie Helen Burroughs / Notable Educator, Social Activist Marker
The Rotograph Co. via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (Public Domain), circa 1900/1920
4. Nannie Helen Burroughs
Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 5, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 138 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 5, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 3, 4. submitted on August 8, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
