. Women of distinction : remarkable in works and invincible in character. ern languages. Theperiod from 1888 to 1890, inclusive, was spent in studyand travel in Europe. As a resident pupil in Paris, Berlin and Florence shebecame quite proficient in French, German and Italian,and also cultivated herself in the fine arts. Mrs. Terrellis a musician of creditable rank and an art critic of dis-criminating taste. The Bethel Literary and HistoricalAssociation, of Washington, D. C., recently honoredMrs. Terrell with the position of president, this beingthe first time this well-known and influential so
. Women of distinction : remarkable in works and invincible in character. ern languages. Theperiod from 1888 to 1890, inclusive, was spent in studyand travel in Europe. As a resident pupil in Paris, Berlin and Florence shebecame quite proficient in French, German and Italian,and also cultivated herself in the fine arts. Mrs. Terrellis a musician of creditable rank and an art critic of dis-criminating taste. The Bethel Literary and HistoricalAssociation, of Washington, D. C., recently honoredMrs. Terrell with the position of president, this beingthe first time this well-known and influential society haselected a woman to that position. Mrs. Terrell was married to Mr. Robert H. Terrell, a 228 WOMEN OF DISTINCTION. bureau chief of the United States Treasury, in October,1891. She is evidently a worthy wife and a well-qualifiedhelper to her race, having filled many positions of trustand honor with great credit to herself. CHAPTER LVI. MRS. GEORGIE COLLEY. Mrs. Georgie Colley was born at Portsmouth, Norfolkcounty, Va., October 25, 1858; is the older of two daugh-. MES. GEORGIE COLLEY. ters, the only children of her mother. She was educatedunder missionary teachers from the North, all of whomwere ladies. Chief among them was Miss Julia M. Bart- WOMEN OF DISTINCTION. 229 lett, at one time a teacher in the Wayland vSeminary,Washington, D. C, and afterward the principal of theColored Orphan Asyhim of the same city. Mrs. Colley was very carefully reared and trained bya faithful Christian mother, who spared no pains normeans to rear this child to be an honor to the home andcommunity, and to be a faithful worker for God whenconverted. She was converted at the age of eighteen, under theministry of Rev. E. G. Corprew, who baptized her intothe Zion Baptist Church, Portsmouth, Va., first Lordsday in December, 1876. Mrs. Colley grew up in the Sunday-school of ZionBaptist Church, and became a teacher in that school atthe age of fourteen years; was elected teacher of themost advanced c
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