Bertha Grant Higgins (born Dillard; November 18, 1872 – December 30, 1944) was an American suffragist, civil rights activist and clubwoman.
She strongly supported the Dyer Anti-Lynching bill and worked towards equal rights for African Americans.
[1] She also helped to raise her younger sister, Chesta Dillard, who became a pharmacist and businesswoman in Philadelphia.
[8] She was dedicated to the election of Warren Harding as President of the United States and was even invited to his inauguration.
[8] She became the vice president of the National Republican's Women Auxiliary, Colored, Eastern District by 1925 and worked with Mary Church Terrell.
[8] Higgins put pressure on her representative, Clark Burdick and Senator LeBaron Colt to support the Dyer Anti-Lynching bill.
[9] Higgins was also critical of the lack of support for civil rights issues from her local Republican politicians.
[10] For a year and a half, she left politics and activism, only returning on a limited basis in the 1940s.