Smith, Christine Schoecraft
- Identifier
- DBB-PER-01791
- Given Name
- Christine Schoecraft
- Family Name
- Smith
- Gender
- Female
- Birth Year
- 1866
- Death Year
- 1954
- Description
- Christine Shoecraft Smith was a prominent club woman and community organizer. She held leadership positions in the Michigan State Association of Colored Women, the Detroit branch of the Urban League, and the Lucy Thurman branch YWCA. She served as the 13th president of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC). She was married to Bishop Charles Spencer Smith of the AME church.
- Affiliation
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This person was affiliated with the following organization(s):
YWCA - Lucy Thurman Branch
Role: Officer (chair of the YWCA branch) - References
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"Christine Shoecraft Smith," Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Shoecraft_Smith.
Portrait from: Richard R. Wright, ed., Centennial Encyclopedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, 1916), p. 205, https://archive.org/details/centennialencycl00wrig/page/205.
- Title
- Smith, Christine Schoecraft