An unidentified woman speaks on stage at Garfield High School, using a cane to support herself. The woman is likely a delegate to the 24th Biennial Convention of the National Association of Colored Women (now the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs), held in Seattle July 31 - August 7, 1948. Delegates to the convention represented 4,780 clubs from 43 states, who gathered under the motto of "Lifting as We Climb," promoting self-help among women. The opening meeting was held at the People's Institutional Baptist Church, additional meetings and events were held at Plymouth Congregational Church, Garfield High School, and the Central YMCA.

The photographer's note for this negative refers to the event as "Federated Women's Clubs of America convention," a separate group from NACWC, but which may have been involved in the NACWC convention.

Caption information source: The Seattle Daily Times, July 29, 1948, p. 16; The Seattle Sunday Times, August 1, 1948, p. 8; http://www.blackpast.org/aah/national-association-colored-women-s-clubs-inc-1896