Victoria Earle Matthews was one of the most vocal and active African American clubwomen and social reformers of the last decade of the nineteenth century. She was one of the chief organizers of the 250 women who sponsored the 1892 testimonial for journalist Ida B. Wells. She was cofounder of the Woman's Loyal Union and its first president. Matthews served as chair of the executive board of the National Federation of Afro-American Women (NFA-AW), chair of the Committee on Union for the Federation leading to its merger with the League of Colored Women, and national organizer of the newly formed National Association of Colored Women (NACW). The pages of the Woman's Era, which became the official organ of the NACW, are filled with contributions from and tributes to Matthews. She established the White Rose Home and Industrial Association for young working women and, later, the White Rose Traveler's Aid Society...