Camille Cohen Jones

Camille Marie Cohen Jones (January 1, 1884 – October 17, 1928), sometimes written Camille Cohen-Jones, was an American community leader active in national women's and political organizations, and was the founder and leader of the Louisiana Social and Beneficial Club, also known as the Louisiana Club of Chicago.

The club connected and assisted fellow black Louisianans arriving in Chicago as part of the Great Migration.

[2] Cohen was a clerk and a school teacher as a young woman, and worked as her father's private secretary.

[2] The club held an annual Mardi Gras ball, processions, and other "spectacular and novel affairs", led by Jones.

[11] Journalist Wendell Dabney recalled her as "magnificent in her womanhood—a dark Brunhilda, handsome, large, and free; full of joy and laughter, frank and fearless, never biting her tongue; and yet one who was never still, never dull, always going and doing and dreaming; always alive, always generous, loving and kind.