Joanna Snowden Porter
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Joanna Snowden Porter (February 14, 1864 – October 1, 1941) was an American clubwoman based in Chicago; she was founder and president of the Northwestern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs.
Joanna Cecilia Hudlin[1] was born in Chicago, the daughter of Joseph Henry Hudlin and Anna Elizabeth Lewis Hudlin (the family name also appears as Hudlun or Hudlum). She graduated from Englewood High School before attending business college in Chicago.[2] In 1905-1906 she was enrolled in the Institute of Social Science and Arts, which became the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy, and in 1920 was merged into the University of Chicago.[3][4]
