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May 27, 1861 Fort Valley, Georgia, United States Died on 10 Mar 1907 (aged 45)
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About Victoria Earle Matthews
- Victoria Earle Matthews (née Ella Victoria Smith, May 27, 1861 – March 10, 1907) was an American author, essayist, newspaperwoman, settlement worker, and activist.
- She was born into slavery in Fort Valley, Georgia and, with her family, moved to New York City after emancipation.
- She attended school and worked as a domestic servant to help her family. As a married woman, Matthews became involved in women's clubs and social work, at a time when the settlement movement started in Great Britain in 1884 was influencing American social work in major cities.
- In 1897 Matthews founded the White Rose Industrial Home for Working Class Negro Girls, also known as the White Rose Mission, a settlement house for young black women, to provide them with safe housing, as well as education, and life and job skills.
