The American Newspaper Guild National Convention Was Held in Pittsburgh the Week of Pittsburgh June 24, 1951: Women and Children First Is Slogan For Special Convention Committee

Black Buzz News Service
Saunders Archives
Pittsburgh, PA
March 10, 2013

Mrs. Beatrice Saunders who is the Mother of Black Buzz and Thomas J. Saunders, Jr., was the first African American female in the United States to be treasurer of a National Union, that being the Pittsburgh Local of the American Newspaper Guild.  Note that Mrs. Saunders sat on the executive board of the Pittsburgh Local of the American Newspaper Guild.  Also, Mrs. Saunders was chairman of the Pittsburgh Courier Unit of the Pittsburgh Local of the American Newspaper Guild.

The Great Women of The Old Pittsburgh Courier

Black Buzz News Service
Robinson Saunders Archives
Pittsburgh, PA
March 10, 2013

The women who can be identified are: front row, middle is Esther Moore, seated on the far right is Frances Williams.  Back row, fifth from left is Mary Warrick Jones, and to Mary's right is Beatrice L. Saunders Robinson.  This photo was taken for the
March 31, 1979 edition of the New Pittsburgh Courier.  Anyone who can identify the above pictured women, please contact Black Buzz at my blog site.