Mary Fitzbutler Waring

Mary Fitzbutler Waring (1870 – 1958) was an American physician, and president of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACW).

During World War I, Waring was chair of Red Cross Work for the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs; she was also chair of the organization's Department of Health and Hygiene for many years.

She organized a canteen,[5] and nurses' training classes in Chicago for African-American women, during the war.

[6][7] After the war, she attended the 1920 International Council of Women meeting in Christiania, Norway.

[8][9] In 1933, she was elected president of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs.