Later Life
In 1959, Boyd established the Women's International Religious Fellowship. The organization, which consisted of women from diverse backgrounds and cultures, helped to draw attention to children's safety and rights.
Boyd traveled widely in her life, to cities in United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, and the British West Indies. She wrote an autobiography, A Love that Equals My Labor. Norma Elizabeth Boyd, the last surviving founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha, died in Washington, D.C. on January 4, 1985.
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