Jewell Jackson McCabe | |
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Born | Jewell Alyce Jackson August 2, 1945 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Education | The High School of Performing Arts |
Alma mater | Bard College (BA) |
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Spouse |
Frederick E. Ward
(m. 1964; div. 1975)Eugene L. McCabe
(m. 1975; div. 1984) |
Partner(s) | Eugene L. McCabe (1967-1975) |
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Relatives | Harold B. Jackson Jr. (brother) |
Jewell Jackson McCabe (born August 2, 1945) is an American feminist, business executive, social and political activist. She was a leader of, and spokesperson for, the National Coalition of 100 Black Women's movement[1][2][3] in the mid to late 1970s in New York City and for the national movement throughout the United States in the early 1980s into the 1990s, as founder of the organization which grew out of her New York City stewardship. In 1993 she became the first woman in 84 years to be in serious contention[4] for the presidency of the civil rights organizations NAACP. Distinguished as an activist Jewell collaborated with several leading African American women leaders of varied and often opposing political ideologies who had in common their opposition to the million man march for excluding black women, including Angela Davis.[5]