Sallie Wyatt Stewart died at her home in Evansville, Indiana, in 1951.Hine, When The Truth Is Told Truth, p. 66. Stewart is best-known for her leadership in state and national women's organizations. Her legacy also included efforts to improve the lives of young blacks in Indiana.
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By 1924, Stewart expanded the newsletter's scope to include national and international news.Hine, When The Truth Is Told Truth, pp. 56–57. During Stewart's tenure as president, the IFCW's membership increased from 42 clubs in 1921 to 89 clubs and a total of 1,670 members at the end of the decade.
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By 1921, she had founded several Evansville organizations: the Evansville Federation of Colored Women, the Day Nursery Association, the Phyllis Wheatley Home, and the Evansville Colored Association of College Women's Clubs, among others.Hine, When The Truth Is Told Truth, pp. 50 and 55. Stewart's civic involvement was not limited to black women's organizations.
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II, p. 850.The National Association of Colored Women formed in 1896 with the merger of the National League of Colored Women and the National Federation of Afro- American Women. Within a decade, the NACW had more than 1,000 clubs in 28 states and represented 50,000 women. See: Hine, When The Truth Is Told Truth, p. 35.
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Stewart helped provide funds for their education through the IFCW's scholarship fund. She also established local social service organizations in Evansville such as the Day Nursery Association and the Phyllis Wheatley Home. At the time of Stewart's death in 1951, her estate was valued at over $100,000, which she left in trust to provide assistance to young black women.Hine, When The Truth Is Told Truth, pp.
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As Stewart worked to elevate herself from the poverty of her youth, she became more involved in efforts to improve the lives of other members of Evansville's the black community.Hine, When The Truth Is Told Truth, p. 60. Stewart, a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Evansville, joined the Elizabeth Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. By 1912 she had begun to devote more of her energy to black social service work in Evansville.
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The first area focused on home and family; the second one on women in industry. The goal was to raise the standard of living for black women and their families across the country. Under Stewart's leadership, the NACW addressed its ongoing financial difficulties with the addition of a board of control to oversee its finances. Stewart also employed a full-time secretary for the NACW's national office in Washington, D.C.Hine, When The Truth Is Told Truth, pp. 62–64.
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He found it in Miami, Florida where old friends hired him to manage the public relations and, later, the community relations of a large Miami-based savings and loan association. In May 1957, he was called to testify at Arthur Miller's trial for contempt of Congress. He was Miller's "expert witness on communism" and he testified that he "did not believe" that Miller had written his plays "under the discipline of the Communist Party"."Miller Told Truth, Says Cain at Trial", Tacoma News Tribune, May 23, 1957.
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Because the black women organizing the Day Nursery and Phyllis Wheatly Home in Evansville were the same group of women, the two projects merged to form the Day Nursery Association in December 1924. See: Hine, When The Truth Is Told Truth, p. 53. By the 1930s, about 400 young women were participating in the home's activities. Through her early civic and philanthropic activities, Stewart became known for her strong organizational skills, enthusiasm, and commitment to improving the lives of African Americans in her community.
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From 1921 to 1928 Stewart served as president of the Indiana Federation of Colored Women, a statewide organization established in 1904 and an affiliate of the National Association of Colored Women. Soon after becoming president of the IFCW, Stewart launched The Hoosier Woman, a monthly newsletter that she also edited. Its primary purpose as the official publication of the organization was to improve communication between the IFCW's leadership, local chapters, and individual members.Hine, When The Truth Is Told Truth, pp. 55–56 and 61.
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Stewart became a charter member of the Evansville chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People around 1915 and served as the local chapter's first secretary. A year later, Stewart and a group of black women founded the Day Nursery Association for Colored Children in Evansville, which opened in early 1919. The women raised about $2,000 for a down payment to purchase a nine-room home where a daily average of 29 children of all ages were cared for, some of them overnight, so that their mothers could work.Hine, When The Truth Is Told Truth, p. 52.
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While continuing her civic and philanthropic work in Indiana, Stewart became involved in the National Association of Colored Women. In 1918, she was elected as chair of its social science division; in 1922, she was elected chair of the NACW's executive board and served in that capacity until 1924. Prior to her election as president of the NACW in 1928, she served for four years as its vice president and took an active role in fundraising for the organization, especially funding for the restoration and preservation of the Frederick Douglass home in Washington, D.C. In recognition of Stewart's efforts, the NACW made her a trustee and secretary of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association.Hine, When The Truth Is Told Truth, pp. 61–62.
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