National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Club Mission:
Our mission is to promote and protect the interests of African American business and professional women; to serve as a bridge for young people seeking to enter business and the professions; to improve the quality of life in the local and global communities; and to foster good fellowship.
NANBPWC, Inc. National Colors:
Red and Yellow
NANBPWC, Inc. Insignia:
Represents the world in the hands of women
NANBPWC, Inc. National Flower:
Yellow Tea Rose
NANBPWC, Inc. National Matriarch:
Sojourner Truth
Our mission is to promote and protect the interests of African American business and professional women; to serve as a bridge for young people seeking to enter business and the professions; to improve the quality of life in the local and global communities; and to foster good fellowship.
NANBPWC, Inc. National Colors:
Red and Yellow
NANBPWC, Inc. Insignia:
Represents the world in the hands of women
NANBPWC, Inc. National Flower:
Yellow Tea Rose
NANBPWC, Inc. National Matriarch:
Sojourner Truth
Greater Fort Worth Area NEGRO BPW FOUNDERS
Hazel F. Simmons-Wilson Dr. Gwendolyn Caldwell Morrison
The Greater Fort Worth Area Negro Business and Professional Women's Club History
In the spring of 1975 Gwendolyn Morrison originally from Palestine, Texas and Hazel F. Simmons originally from Houston, Texas were formulating plans to organize a local chapter of NBPW, both having been members in their home towns. A third party, Theresa Howell, realized the organizations were the same and got the two groups together. Theresa hosted a meeting that included Gwendolyn Morrison and Hazel F. Simmons and representatives from both groups. Plans were formulated to combine the two groups into one. Weekly meetings were held, applications completed and monies collected. The necessary papers were submitted to the National Headquarters. The charter was received at the National Meeting in Washington, D.C., August 16, 1975 by the first elected president, Gwendolyn Morrison. In September a local chartering ceremony was held in Fort Worth at the Kahler Green Oaks Inn to launch the GREATER FORT WORTH AREA NEGRO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB as an active, viable organization in the community.
In the spring of 1975 Gwendolyn Morrison originally from Palestine, Texas and Hazel F. Simmons originally from Houston, Texas were formulating plans to organize a local chapter of NBPW, both having been members in their home towns. A third party, Theresa Howell, realized the organizations were the same and got the two groups together. Theresa hosted a meeting that included Gwendolyn Morrison and Hazel F. Simmons and representatives from both groups. Plans were formulated to combine the two groups into one. Weekly meetings were held, applications completed and monies collected. The necessary papers were submitted to the National Headquarters. The charter was received at the National Meeting in Washington, D.C., August 16, 1975 by the first elected president, Gwendolyn Morrison. In September a local chartering ceremony was held in Fort Worth at the Kahler Green Oaks Inn to launch the GREATER FORT WORTH AREA NEGRO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB as an active, viable organization in the community.