Formerly enslaved, Victoria Earle Matthews was a prominent social reformer and Matthews organized a dedicated group who shared her commitment, including educator and activist, Maritcha Remond Lyons and poet and activist, Alice Moore Dunbar Nelson (July 19, 1875  September 18, 1935).
Victoria Earle Matthews (nee Ella Victoria Smith, May 27, 1861  March 10, 1907) was an American author, essayist, newspaperwoman, settlement worker, and activist. Alice Dunbar Nelson (July 19, 1875  September 18, 1935) was an American poet, journalist, and political activist. Alice Ruth Moore
(1875-07-19)July 19, 1875
New Orleans, Louisiana, US September 18, 1935(1935-09-18) (aged 60)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US Maritcha Remond Lyons (May 23, 1848  January 28, 1929) was an American educator, civic leader, suffragist, and public speaker in New York City and Brooklyn, New York. 
