Matthews, Victoria Earle (Personal Name)

Black-belt diamonds, c1990: t.p. (Victoria Earle Matthews)

African American National Biography, accessed February 23, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Matthews, Victoria Earle; Victoria Earle; print journalist, clubwoman, social reformer, educator, women's rights advocate; born 27 May, 1861 in Fort Valley, Georgia, United States; attended Grammar School 48 in New York City; was news correspondent for New York Times, the New York Age, Brooklyn Eagle, Boston Advocate, Washington Bee, Richmond Planet; member, Women's National Press Association; organized Woman's Loyal Union; founder, National Federation of Afro-American Women (NFAAW) (1895), was appointed to editorial board and chair of executive committee of the NFAAW's official journal Woman's Era; established White Rose Mission as Christian nonsectarian Home for Colored Girls and Women (1897); established library of African American history books; established White Rose Travelers' Aid Society (1905); died 10 March, 1907 in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States)