Northeastern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs

It was the first umbrella organization for black women's clubs in the United States, predating the NACWC by a month.

[2] Mary H. Dickerson founded an organization on June 3, 1896, under the name "New England Federation of Women's Clubs".

[4] Two years later, the name was changed to the Northeastern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs (NFCWC)[3] and Dickerson served as the first president.

[9] On August 12, 1904, after their annual convention, the group protested lynching and other forms of discrimination against African Americans.

[3] Headquarters for the group were set up in Newport, Rhode Island, in a building donated by Louise M. Fayerweather on September 22, 1927.