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• Birney, Alice McLellan, 1859-1907.
• Keith, Grace Porch.
• National Congress of Mothers (U.S.)
• National Congress of Parents and Teachers--History.
• Parents' and teachers' associations--History.
• Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Women--Societies and clubs--History--19th century.

Alice McLellan Birney (1859-1907) of Marietta, Ga., was the founder of the National Congress of Mothers (later known as the National Congress of Parents and Teachers).

A biographical sketch of Alice McLellan Birney, founder of the National Congress of Mothers (later known as the National Congress of Parents and Teachers), written by Grace Porch Keith; a photograph of women at the first meeting, 1897, at Birney's home in Marietta, Ga. (copied from the Nashville Tennessean, 1931); and a letter, 2 December 1901, from "Alice" to "Momma" about the opening of Congress and other events in Washington, D.C.