Clara Ann Thompson

[1] Clara Ann Thompson died on March 18, 1959, due to a cerebral hemorrhage in her hometown of Rossmoyne, Ohio.

[3] Thompson was active in the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) and her local church, Zion Baptist.

She was also a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and an advocate for African American civil rights.

[2] Whenever the NAACP chapter in Cincinnati first began, both Priscilla and Clara joined to promote civil rights.

[3] This poetry collection was singularly dedicated to Garland Yancey, saying "in recognition of his unfailing Kindness and Affection".

This is a copy of "Songs from the Wayside" a series of religious poems that Clara Ann Thompson self-published in 1908.