| 词条 | Maria Perkins Lawton |
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| name = Maria Perkins Lawton | image = Photo of Maria Perkins Lawton.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year|1864}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death year and age|1946|1864}} | death_place = | nationality = American | other_names = | alma_mater = Richmond Institute, Howard University | occupation = Organizer, Lecturer | spouse = {{marriage|William Rufus Lawton|1886|1944}} | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }}Maria Coles Perkins Lawton (1864-1946) was a notable figure in the national women’s club movement of the early 20th century. She was the president of the Empire State Federation of Women's Clubs from 1916 through 1926.[1] BiographyLawton was born in Lynchburg, Virginia on April 30, 1864.[2] She attended Lynchburg High School, the Richmond Institute in Richmond, Virginia, and Howard University in Washington, DC.[2] In 1886 she married William Rufus Lawton. They raised seven children.[1] In 1892 the Lawtons moved to Brooklyn, New York. There, William pursued his career as a civil servant for New York City and also served as a Presbyterian minister at several churches in the New York/New Jersey area. Maria became a reporter for the Brooklyn newspaper, the Standard Union.[2] The couple were both active in the Brooklyn African-American community.[2] Lawton became active in the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs. She was a strong believer in organizing to improve the lives of African-American women and children.[2] With the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, Lawson became involved with politics, specifically the League of Republican Colored Women.[2] Lawton was also involved in the labor movement in the 1920s. In 1924 she was the representative on the state of New York at the Labor Conference of Women.[2] Maria Perkins Lawton died in 1946, surviving her husband by two years.[2] LegacyShe is the namesake of the Empire State Federation of Women’s Clubs Albany chapter, the Maria C. Lawton Civic and Cultural Club.[1] References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|last1=Delaney|first1=Ted|title=Black History Month: Chronicling Lynchburg's roots|url=http://www.newsadvance.com/lifestyles/black-history-month-chronicling-lynchburg-s-roots/article_33e1d984-2b37-5755-b4c2-9cf04e3bfdc2.html|website=The News & Advance|accessdate=8 February 2018}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lawton, Maria Perkins}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite book|last1=editor|first1=Jessie Carney Smith,|title=Notable Black American women|date=1996|publisher=Gale Research|location=Detroit|isbn=0810391775|pages=400–401|edition=1st edition.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ssMBzqrUpjwC&pg=PA400&lpg=PA400&dq=Maria+Perkins+Lawton&source=bl&ots=gXvUmep1Wy&sig=y1q-MVOXENlit40cr5hBkSsVvG4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi7n7Dyp5fZAhVPnFkKHfUwCeUQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=Maria%20Perkins%20Lawton&f=false}} 7 : 1864 births|1946 deaths|19th-century African-American activists|20th-century African-American activists|African-American women's organizations|People from Lynchburg, Virginia|Howard University alumni |
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