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Macon, Theresa Gray

(born: 1873  -  died: 1930) Theresa G. Macon was born in Louisville, KY, and is remembered for her work with the Colored women's clubs in Illinois. She was president of the Illinois and Chicago Federations of Colored Women's Clubs and a charter member of the Ida B. Wells Club.

Macon was recording secretary of the National Association of Colored Women. She was mentioned in Lifting as They Climb as one of the officers and committee members from Illinois who had contributed liberally to the national projects of the National Association of Colored Women.

Theresa Macon was the wife of William Macon, a porter. The couple and Theresa's aunt, Ellen Rush, lived on W. 56th Street, according to the 1910 U.S. Federal Census. Theresa Macon was the daughter of Seagmon and Jane Bush Gray [source: Illinois Deaths, and Still Births Index].

For more see the Theresa Macon entry in Toward a Tenderer Humanity and a Nobler Womanhood, by A. M. Knupfer.

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Outside Kentucky Place Name

Chicago, Illinois

References

Cited in this Entry

NKAA Source: Lifting as they climb
NKAA Source: Toward a tenderer humanity and a nobler womanhood : African American women's clubs in turn-of-the-century Chicago

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“Macon, Theresa Gray,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed April 2, 2023, https://ukscrc001.net/nkaa/items/show/2319.

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