Helen Appo Cook -shoulder bag

This is an unusual leather skin with the look of a embossed fish scale. In brown and white it's complimenting the chocolate leather. The front of this bag has a chocolate leather pocket covered with a embossed leather flap. The rear of the bag has another angled shape pocket for quick access items .This attractive handbag/shoulder bag is fully lined and has a zipper for closure . Measuring 12"(across the top) 16" (across the bottom)  X 17". The chocolate leather straps can be used as a handbag or enough length for a close shoulder bag. Great to take anywhere and enjoy in any season. Named in honor -Helen Appo Cook (July 21, 1837 – November 20, 1913) was a wealthy, prominent African-American community activist in Washington, D.C. and a leader in the women's club movement. Cook was a founder and president of the Colored Women's League, which consolidated with another organization in 1896 to become the National Association of Colored Women (NACW), an organization still active in the 21st century.

Cook supported voting rights and was a member of the Niagara Movement, which opposed racial segregation and African American disenfranchisement. In 1898, Cook publicly rebuked Susan B. Anthony, president of the National Woman's Suffrage Association, and requested she support universal suffrage following Anthony's speech at a U.S. Congress House Committee on Judiciary hearing.