"Dedicated to promoting and protecting the interests of business and professional women"

The Southeast District was organized in March 1958 in Montgomery, Alabama by Florence Allen Holmes, National First Vice-President. The Southeast District is the first district organized in The National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. (NANBPWC, Inc.). The four clubs in the Southeast District at the time were Columbus-Phenix City Club in Columbus, GA, Montgomery Club in Montgomery, AL, Birmingham Club, in Birmingham, AL and the Reidsville Club in Reidsville, NC.
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The first Governor of the Southeast District was Elmira Parker from the Columbus-Phenix City Club. The first National President from 1967-1971, from the Supreme Southeast District, was Margaret Belcher, from Columbus, GA. The second National President, from the Supreme Southeast District was Jacquelyn Gates Shipe, from Fort Lauderdale, FL. The third National President from the "Supreme" Southeast District was Marie E. Castillo, from Greensboro, NC.
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The first District Conference was held in Nashville, TN, in 1958. The District Newsletter began circulation in 1970 by the District Vice-Governor, Carrie Hudson. Between 1985 and 1990, District Assessments and State Meetings were introduced.
SOUTHEAST DISTRICT
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
1958 - 1960
1960 - 1966
1966 - 1969
1969 - 1971
1971 - 1973
1973 - 1978
1978 - 1982
1982 - 1985
1985 - 1990
1990 - 1994
1994 - 1998
1998 - 2002
2002 - 2006
2006 - 2010
2010 - 2014
2014 - 2018
2018 - 2020
2020 - 2024
CURRENT
Elmira Parker
Lula B. Bradley
E. Arlene Greene
Daisy Murrell
Gwen Howard
Carrie Hudson
Maretta M. Taylor
Charlotte Lewis
Margaret Jenkins
Sundra S. Smith
Linda Grice
Priscilla Taylor
Frances K. Hightower
Martha Works King
Juanita Miller
Minnie J. Forts
Dr. Carlether Burwell
Nikki Baker
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