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[[image]] Dr. Fredda Witherspoon FOUNDER—CONSULTANT St. Louis, Missouri [[image]] Mrs. Sharon Steele VICE-PRESIDENT Dallas, Texas [[image]] Mrs. Sandra Sutton National Secretary Dallas, Texas [[image]] Mrs. Shirley Archie PRESIDENT-ELECT Sicklerville, New Jersey [[image]] Mrs. Melva Samuels National Treasurer Chicago, Ill. [[image]] Mrs. Mattie A. Moore CHAPLAIN Indianapolis [[image]] Mrs. Sarah Lewis NATIONAL HISTORIAN St. Louis, Mo. [[image]] Katie Robinson Regional Director Far West [[image]] Arlene Miller President Los Angeles Wives of the Bench & Bar [[image]] The board meeting [[image]] THE EXECUTIVE BOARD Barristers' Wives was organized in St. Louis, Missouri, August 29, 1951, at the home of Atty. and Mrs. Clarence English. Charter Officers were: Mrs. Robert L. Witherspoon, President; Mrs. C. Francis Stradford, Vice-President; Mrs. LeRoy McKinney, Secretary; Mrs. Timothy Veal, Treasurer; Mrs. LeMarquis DeJarmon, Historian; Mrs. William Henry Huff, Chairman of Constitution & By-laws Committee; and Mrs. James F. Little, Chairman of Membership Committee. The officers were duly installed on August 30, 1951, by Atty. Theodore F. Crawley, Twenty-eight charter members comprised the body. The first Annual Convention was held in Detroit, Michigan, August 1952, and the organization was incorporated in February 1953, District of Columbia. The incorporators were: Mesdames: Pearl Coleman, Bathrus Williams, Macleta Pair, Mercedes Douglass and Kathryn Lane PURPOSES . . To promote a more cohesive relationship among spouses of lawyers on national, state, and local levels.. . . To enhance the prestige of the legal profession through civic, cultural, educational, political, social, economic, and recreational efforts . . . . To engage in any such activities of community service that will provide a viable and constructive program for Barristers' Wives across the nation. . NATIONAL AND LOCAL PROJECTS ..Legal scholarships to students ..Support of NAACP UNCF Operation PUSH UNICEF SPECIAL PROGRAMS The Dorothy Atkinson Scholarship Fund The Marion Gaines Hill Scholarship Fund National Barristers' Wives Day Advancement of the Arts Procter—Wilbekin Educational Fund MEMBERSHIP The organization is composed of spouses of attorneys and judges from throughout the United States and the Virgin Islands. Some of the members are also practicing attorneys. THE EXECUTIVE BOARD The Executive Board consists of the elected national officers, the appointed national officers, and past national presidents. (The appointed officers may include: the parliamentarian, historian, program-planning chairman, director of public relations, chaplain, scholarship director, convention chairman, newsletter editor, and presidential assistant.) CHAPTER STRUCTURE Chapters comprise a minimum of five persons. National Barristers' Wives Chapters are located presently in the following regional areas: North - New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania South - North Carolina, Georgia, Florida East - Washington, D.C. West - Louisiana and Texas Central - Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Missouri Far West - California and Washington ANNUAL CONVENTION The Annual Convention of National Barristers' Wives is held at the same site and time as the National Bar Association's Annual Convention.
