SAllie Wyatt Stewart

Sallie Wyatt Stewart was an African American educator, real estate broker, civil rights activist, and community leader based in Evansville, Indiana. During World War II, she organized Evansville’s Colored Women’s Work Committee to promote the sale of war bonds and stamps. These home front activities built on Stewart’s lifetime of service dedicated to her community, especially the advancement of African American women and girls. As a leader in several local, state, national, and international organizations, Stewart served as a founding member of Evansville’s National Association for the Advancement of Colored People chapter, president of the Indiana Federation of Colored Women, successor to Mary McLeod Bethune as president of the National Association of Colored Women, and founder of the National Association of Colored Girls. Read more >>