Victoria Clay Haley
Victoria Clay Haley (January 1, 1877 – after 1940), later Victoria Clay Roland, was an American suffragist, clubwoman, bank executive, and fundraiser based in St. Louis, Missouri and later in Chicago. Early life Victoria Clay was born in Macon, Mississippi and raised in St. Louis, the daughter of Samuel Clay and Charlotte Williams Clay. She graduated from Sumner High School (St. Louis, Missouri), Sumner High School in St. Louis in 1895, and attended a business college in Chicago. Career Victoria Clay taught school from 1900 until her marriage in 1904. She was the first vice-president of the Young Women's Christian Association in St. Louis, and served two terms on the board of commissioners of the State Industrial School for Incorrigible Negro Girls. She was a contributing editor to a weekly newspaper, ''St. Louis Afro-American'', and wrote short stories. She was a member of the National Negro Press Association. Victoria Clay Haley was president of the Federated Colored Women's ...
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