✊🏿ap african american studies review

Nannie Helen Burroughs

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

African American educator, suffragist, and church leader who helped establish the National Association of Colored Women and founded a school for women and girls in Washington, D.C., promoting women's education and suffrage.

AP course connection

Topic 3.8: 3.8 Lifting as We Climb: Uplift Ideologies and Black Women's Rights and Leadership

Unit 3

"Nannie Helen Burroughs" also found in: