(CIVIL RIGHTS WOMEN) WILLIAMS MRS G[EORGE] S National Commi

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FIRST BLACK WOMAN APPOINTED TO THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE (CIVIL RIGHTS--WOMEN.) WILLIAMS, MRS. G[EORGE] S. National Committee Republican National Convention, Chicago, 1932. Delegate's medal and identification pin; bronze and enamel, 4-1/8 inches high; in three sections. Condition varies. should be seen Np, 1914; Chicago, 1932;

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According to Crisis Magazine's "Horizon" column for July of 1924, "Mrs. George G. Williams of Savannah Georgia has the distinction of being the first colored woman to be appointed to the National Committee of the Republican Party." This medal was worn at the 1932 Republican Convention in Chicago, where the party nominated then-President Herbert Hoover. Hoover lost to Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who served three terms through the Great Depression and World War II.