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Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School Plaque
The plaque hung outstide the Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School from 1895-1909. -
The Links, Incorporated. Eastern Area Conference, April 11-12, 1969. Theme: The Beauty of Blackness-- Channeling Black Hope.
The Links, Incorporated—a national volunteer service organization of professional Black women founded by two Black Philadelphians, Madams. Sarah S. Scott and Margaret R. Hawkins in 1946. The Central New Jersey Chapter of The Links, Incorporated was organized in May 1949 in Princeton, NJ, but incorporated in New Brunswick, NJ in 1951(Chapter History 2024). By 1969, The Links had become a prominent and prestigious African American women’s organizations in the United States, known for combining community service, cultural programming, and social networking among accomplished Black women leaders.