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Phyllis Terrell (April 2, 1898 - August 1989) was a suffragist and civil rights activist. She worked alongside her mother, Mary Church Terrell, in the National Association of Colored Women's Club and the White House pickets during demonstrations made by the National Woman's Party. Phyllis died in August 1989.

Early Life
Phyllis Terrell was born on April 2, 1898 in Washington DC. Her parents were Mary Church Terrel and Robert H. Terrell. She was named after Phyllis Wheatley, an American poet, and had an adopted sister, Mary. She married first Lieutenant William C. Goines and then later Lathall DeWitt Langston. Her mother, Mary Church Terrell was the president of the National Women's Association of Colored Women which exposed Phyllis Terrell to a lot involving rights for women and races. Seeing her mother's work, prompted Phyllis to join the National Women’s Association of Colored Women.

Education
Phyllis attended the best schools in the northern United States and graduated from Wilberforce University, a historic black university, before becoming a teacher.

Activism
Phyllis, along with her mother, picketed the White House during the National Woman’s Party demonstrations that called on President Woodrow Wilson to support a federal woman suffrage amendment. She and her mother received pins commemorating their participation in the White House protest in 1921. She became the postmaster for new generations of suffragists and civil rights organizations. She also assisted historians and scholars regarding the plight of African Americans. In 1962, she successfully got the Frederick Douglass Home declared a National Shrine by an Act of Congress.