M.G.T. & G.C.C. (Muslim Girls Training and General Civilization Class)
This was the name given to the training of women and girls in North America. How to keep house, how to rear thier children, how to take care of their husbands, sew, cook and in general, how to act at home and abroad. These training units were named by our Prophet and Leader of Islam W.D. Fard.
"In this class you will be trained to face and fulfill your obligations as a sister and help to shoulder the responsibilities by reproducing the good which the religion can produce in you."
--- taken from the "Introduction to the M.G.T. & G.C.C Definition and Goals", Orientation Brochure
"Contrary to popular belief, one of the men who demonstrated the greatest devotion to the elevation of women - through making sure our women have complete knowledge - is the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. ... He wanted to see women in every field of endeavor, except fields that degrade them. In fact, the avenue to building respect between the sexes is that men be made to respect women for their brains instead of seeing them only as objects for sexual gratification."
--- Minister Louis Farrakhan, excerpted from his book A Torchlight For America, 1993
