Our Women and Children

Founded in 1888 by William J. Simmons, president of State University, the magazine featured the work of African-American women journalists and covered both juvenile literature and articles focusing on uplifting the race.

The magazine staff was made up of women who had an affiliation with State University.

[1][2] Of the hundreds of magazines begun in the United States between 1890 and 1950, very few gave editorial control or ownership to African American Women.

[3] It had a national reputation and became the leading black magazine in Kentucky[1][4] before it folded in 1891 after Simmons' death.

Wells, correspondent;[14] Ione E. Wood, editor of the Temperance Department;[14]