The umbrella organization, affiliated with the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) was founded in 1903.

[5] MSFCWC sponsored scholarship opportunities,[6] and provided resources for black people in Mississippi.

Wade Foster, Mattie F. Rowan and Lizzie Coleman created the club in 1903.

[1] They had been inspired by visiting the annual session of the Southeastern Association of Colored Women's Clubs which was held in Vicksburg in 1901.

[8] By 1906, the annual convention was expected to draw 200 delegates from women's clubs in Mississippi.