In early 1967, six women under the leadership of Daisy S. George, past regional Director of the National Council of Negro Women, met to see if it was feasible to form a section in the North Bronx. Those six women were Susie Haskins, Pearl Kirkland, Jessie Profit, Louise McLemore, Kathelyn Rux, and Maggie Alston. Later a few more women gathered with the original six for further discussion. Among those were Agnes Haywood, Burmadine Hinds, Virdell Mills, Portia F. Lloyd, Irma Sams, Rynita Coram, and Hyacinthe Gray.