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title: Bessye J. Bearden - Club Woman, Social Worker
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/bessye-j-bearden-club-woman-social-worker-alston-1943/
description: A pencil drawing combines a portrait of Bessye J. Bearden with three small scenes and short captions on her club work.
section: Collection
---

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[![Bessye J. Bearden - Club Woman, Social Worker, 1943 US cartoon: A pencil drawing combines a portrait of Bessye J. Bearden](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/bessye-j-bearden-club-woman-social-worker-alston-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/bessye-j-bearden-club-woman-social-worker-alston-1943.jpg)

# Bessye J. Bearden - Club Woman, Social Worker

A pencil drawing combines a portrait of Bessye J. Bearden with three small scenes and short captions on her club work, her federal appointment and her wartime volunteering. The technique is testimonial in the loose sense of an exemplary-person profile: a named individual's record is offered as a model; it is a weak fit, since she is not quoted endorsing anything.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
BESSYE J. BEARDEN
CLUB WOMAN, SOCIAL WORKER
ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE CLUB WOMEN IN AMERICA, SHE WAS FOR YEARS A PROGRESSIVE LEADER AND FIGHTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NEGRO WOMEN.
SHE WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY NEGRO WOMAN TO BE APPOINTED DEPUTY COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE SERVING SINCE 1935 IN THE THIRD DISTRICT, NEW YORK.
HER ONLY SON A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES, SHE DEVOTED MUCH OF HER TIME TO WAR TIME ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS THE UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATION AND CIVILIAN DEFENSE.
Alston OWI
```

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