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Commencement Exercises for the National Training School for Women and Girls
Credit: Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division
Original Author: Unknown
Created: June 9, 1911
Medium: Photographic print

Commencement Exercises for the National Training School for Women and Girls

The first commencement exercises for the National Training School for Women and Girls takes place on June 9, 1911, in Washington, D.C. Established in 1909, the school provided vocational and missionary training for Black women.

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