Magnificent Midwest Mavens

Ep.1 - Carrie Williams Clifford - Ohio Clubwoman Extraordinaire

Carrie Williams Clifford  Birth: September 1862  Death: November 10, 1934  State: Ohio  Achievement: Civil Rights, Poetry  Personal Life Born in Chillicothe, OH (1st & 3rd capital of Ohio) Graduated high school with honors Married Ohio State Legistator, William H. Clifford (1886/Cleveland) Two sons - Maurice and Joshua  Known Achievements Founded the Minerva Reading Club (define) Formed the Ohio Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs in 1901 & served as its first President while she lived in Cleveland Involved in the National Assoc of Colored Women Participant in the Niagara Movement at the behest of DuBois (predecessor to the NAACP) Was a leader in the NAACP once it was formed Produced two books of poetry: Race Rhymes (1911) and The Widening Light (1922)  Contemporaries Family moved to Washington DC in 1908, once there she held Sunday Salons at her home Maintained friendships with WEB DuBois, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Mary Church Terrell, Amanda Hilyer, Charles Chestnutt and Alain Locke Harlem Renaissance  Most well known poem: The Black Draftee from Dixie Journals of the Harlem Renaissance: Opportunity, and The Crisis. May have some of her works in back issues. Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life (1923- 1949) Academic Journal published through the National Urban League The Crisis NAACP published newspaper (November 1910- present) Also contributed to the women’s section of the Cleveland Journal (as its editor) while she lived in Cleveland.  https://search.alexanderstreet.com/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cbibliographic_details%7C3292120#page/1/mode/1/chapter/bibliographic_entity%7Cbibliographic_details%7C3292120 https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Carrie_W._Clifford https://case.edu/ech/articles/c/clifford-carrie-williams https://www.thefreelibrary.com/African+American+women+and+the+Niagara+Movement,+1905-1909.-a0182027493 https://archive.org/details/racerhymes00clif/page/n7/mode/2up http://029c28c.netsolhost.com/blkren/bios/cliffordcw.html https://archive.org/details/sowingforotherst00ohio https://modjourn.org/journal/crisis/ https://books.google.com/books/serial/ISSN:00111422?rview=1 https://naacp.org/news https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Journal_of_African_American_History https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/classic-women-authors-poetry/women-poets-of-the-harlem-renaissance-who-should-never-be-forgotten/ https://sites.uw.edu/twomn347/2020/12/13/carrie-williams-clifford/ https://scalar.lehigh.edu/harlemwomen/carrie-williams-clifford

Trailer: Magnificent Midwest Mavens Season 1

Ah, new beginnings! Come along as we learn about the spectacular women of the Midwest who left their mark on our country! This podcast isn't your regular history class... be prepared to fall in love with these bold, bright and brave darlings of the Heartland!