Helen Appo Cook, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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African American community activist in Washington, D.C.
Date of Birth: 21-Jul-1837
Place of Birth: New York, United States
Date of Death: 20-Nov-1913
Profession: suffragist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Helen Appo Cook
- Helen Appo Cook (July 21, 1837 – November 20, 1913) was a wealthy, prominent African-American community activist in Washington, D.C.
- and a leader in the women's club movement.
- Cook was a founder and president of the Colored Women's League, which consolidated with another organization in 1896 to become the National Association of Colored Women (NACW), an organization still active in the 21st century.
- Cook supported voting rights and was a member of the Niagara Movement, which opposed racial segregation and African American disenfranchisement.
- In 1898, Cook publicly rebuked Susan B.
- Anthony, president of the National Woman's Suffrage Association, and requested she support universal suffrage following Anthony's speech at a U.S.
- Congress House Committee on Judiciary hearing.
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