Susie Russell Quander

Susan "Susie" Russell Quander (September 20, 1882 – May 1973) was an American educator, churchworker, and clubwoman. She worked with Carter G. Woodson and Charles H. Wesley on running the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH) and coordinating Negro History Week events across the United States.

Susie Russell Quander
A young Black woman with short hair, wearing a light-colored blouse
Susie Russell Quander, from the 1926 yearbook of Howard University
BornSeptember 20, 1882
Washington, D.C., United States
DiedMay 1973
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
OccupationClubwoman
RelativesNellie Quander (sister)

Early life and education

Susan Russell Quander was born in Washington, D.C., one of the nine children of John Pearson Quander and Hannah Bruce Ford Quander. Her father served in the Union Army in the American Civil War. Her older sister was educator and clubwoman Nellie Quander.[1] She was a member of the extended Quander family.[2][3][4] She graduated from Howard University in 1926. At Howard she was a member of Zeta Phi Beta.[5]

Career

Quander taught in the public schools in Washington for many years.[6][7] From 1926 to 1938, she was secretary to historian and journalist Carter G. Woodson.[8] She worked with local groups across the United States for the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH) and especially on coordinating the association's Negro History Week events.[9] She encouraged ASNLH members to hold fundraising drives and establish sustaining life memberships to support the organization.[10][11][12]

In 1941, she and her sister were among the 700 Black women who attended a tea at the White House, for a program of the National Council of Negro Women, co-hosted by Mary McLeod Bethune and Eleanor Roosevelt.[13] She was active in the NAACP in Washington.[14] and remained active with Zeta Phi Beta through her adult years.[15]

Later in life, Quander lived in Cleveland and Philadelphia, and was an instructor affiliated with the Women's Society of Christian Service.[16][17][18] She taught school in Cleveland,[19] and was secretary of Missionary Education at Cora Church in Cleveland.[20]

Personal life

Quander died in 1973, aged 90 years, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[4]

References
  1. "Funeral Services for Miss Nellie Quander". The Omaha Star. October 6, 1961. p. 5. Retrieved February 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. Sheridan, Clare M. "Biographical Sketch of Nellie M. Quander". Alexander Street, a ProQuest Company. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  3. Robinson, Henry S. (1960). "Descendants of Daniel and Hannah Bruce". Negro History Bulletin. 24 (2): 37–41. ISSN 0028-2529. JSTOR 44213544.
  4. Quander, Rohulamin (April 12, 2021). The Quanders: Since 1684, an Enduring African American Legacy. Christian Faith Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-1-0980-7094-6.
  5. Howard University, The Bison (1926 yearbook): 55.
  6. "The Most Popular Teacher". The Washington Bee. May 28, 1910. p. 5. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  7. "Plan Conference of Colored Group". Evening Star. October 15, 1937. p. 45. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Wesley, Charles H. (1950). "Retrospect and Prospect". Negro History Bulletin. 13 (8): 192–191. ISSN 0028-2529. JSTOR 44174941.
  9. "Negro History Campaign of 1938". Negro History Bulletin. 1 (9): 7. 1938. ISSN 0028-2529. JSTOR 44245850.
  10. Jardins, Julie Des (July 21, 2004). Women and the Historical Enterprise in America: Gender, Race and the Politics of Memory: Gender, Race, and the Politics of Memory, 1880-1945. UNC Press Books. ISBN 978-0-8078-6152-3.
  11. Wesley, Charles H.; Quander, Susie R. (1938). "Nation-Wide History Membership Campaign". Negro History Bulletin. 1 (5): 15–16. ISSN 0028-2529. JSTOR 44246506.
  12. Dagbovie, Pero Gaglo (2003). "Black Women, Carter G. Woodson, and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, 1915-1950". The Journal of African American History. 88 (1): 21–41. doi:10.2307/3559046. ISSN 1548-1867. JSTOR 3559046. S2CID 144343917.
  13. "700 Women Attend White House Tea". The Pittsburgh Courier. October 25, 1941. p. 10. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Mrs. Lampkin Pushes N.A.A.C.P. Drive in Capital". The Pittsburgh Courier. April 8, 1933. p. 2. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "Zetas Bid Farewell to Mrs. S. Quander". Call and Post. August 17, 1957. p. 10. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
  16. "Listed in Who's Who". The Times-Mail. July 10, 1953. p. 1. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. "Churchwomen at Ky. State College". The Detroit Tribune. August 15, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. "Missions School Starts Monday". The Daily Journal. July 8, 1961. p. 3. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. "Mrs. Howard Hobbs to be Methodist Assembly Secretary". Tipton Daily Tribune. June 18, 1955. p. 3. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
  20. "Church News". The Union. November 29, 1951. p. 2. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
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