African American women and the vote, 1837-1965 /
African American women and the vote, 1837-1965 /
edited by Ann D. Gordon with Bettye Collier-Thomas [and others].
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, �1997.
- 1 online resource (217 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-214).
African American women and the vote : an overview / Architects of a vision : Black women and their antebellum quest for political and social equality / Frances Ellen Watkins Harper : abolitionist and feminist reformer, 1825-1911 / To catch the vision of freedom : reconstructing Southern Black women's political history, 1865-1880 / The quest for justice : African American women litigants, 1867-1890 / Rosalyn Terborg-Penn -- Willi Coleman -- Bettye Collier-Thomas -- Elsa Barkley Brown -- Janice Sumler-Edmond. Advancement of the race through African American women's organizations in the South, 1895-1925 / Clubwomen and electoral politics in the 1920s / From Progressive Republican to Independent Progressive : the political career of Charlotta A. Bass / Shining in the dark : Black women and the struggle for the vote, 1955-1965 / Directions for scholarships / Cynthia Neverdon-Morton -- Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham -- Gerald R. Gill -- Martha Prescod Norman -- Bettina Aptheker.
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Written by leading scholars of African American and women's history, the essays in this volume seek to reconceptualize the political history of black women in the United States by placing them "at the center of our thinking." The book explores how slavery, racial discrimination, and gender shaped the goals that African American women set for themselves, their families, and their race and looks at the political tools at their disposal. By identifying key turning points for black women, the essays create a new chronology and a new paradigm for historical analysis. The chronology begins in 1837 with the interracial meeting of antislavery women in New York City and concludes with the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The contributors focus on specific examples of women pursuing a dual ambition: to gain full civil and political rights and to improve the social conditions of African Americans. Together, the essays challenge us to rethink common generalizations that govern much of our historical thinking about the experience of African American women.
Electronic reproduction.
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HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
0585083525 9780585083520 1122054629 9781122054621
African Americans--Suffrage--History.
Women--Suffrage--History.--United States
Suffragists--History.--United States
African American women social reformers--History.
African American women--Political activity--History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Process--Elections.
African American women--Political activity.
African American women social reformers.
African Americans--Suffrage.
Suffragists.
Women--Suffrage.
Schwarze Frau
Frauenwahlrecht
Noires am�ericaines--Droit de vote--Histoire.
Noires am�ericaines--Politique et gouvernement--Histoire.
Geschichte 1837-1965.
Government - U.S.
Law, Politics & Government.
Political Rights - U.S.
United States.
USA.
History.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
JK1924 / .A47 1997eb
324.6/23/08996073
JK1924 / .A47 1997eb
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-214).
African American women and the vote : an overview / Architects of a vision : Black women and their antebellum quest for political and social equality / Frances Ellen Watkins Harper : abolitionist and feminist reformer, 1825-1911 / To catch the vision of freedom : reconstructing Southern Black women's political history, 1865-1880 / The quest for justice : African American women litigants, 1867-1890 / Rosalyn Terborg-Penn -- Willi Coleman -- Bettye Collier-Thomas -- Elsa Barkley Brown -- Janice Sumler-Edmond. Advancement of the race through African American women's organizations in the South, 1895-1925 / Clubwomen and electoral politics in the 1920s / From Progressive Republican to Independent Progressive : the political career of Charlotta A. Bass / Shining in the dark : Black women and the struggle for the vote, 1955-1965 / Directions for scholarships / Cynthia Neverdon-Morton -- Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham -- Gerald R. Gill -- Martha Prescod Norman -- Bettina Aptheker.
Use copy
Written by leading scholars of African American and women's history, the essays in this volume seek to reconceptualize the political history of black women in the United States by placing them "at the center of our thinking." The book explores how slavery, racial discrimination, and gender shaped the goals that African American women set for themselves, their families, and their race and looks at the political tools at their disposal. By identifying key turning points for black women, the essays create a new chronology and a new paradigm for historical analysis. The chronology begins in 1837 with the interracial meeting of antislavery women in New York City and concludes with the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The contributors focus on specific examples of women pursuing a dual ambition: to gain full civil and political rights and to improve the social conditions of African Americans. Together, the essays challenge us to rethink common generalizations that govern much of our historical thinking about the experience of African American women.
Electronic reproduction.
[S.l.] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
0585083525 9780585083520 1122054629 9781122054621
African Americans--Suffrage--History.
Women--Suffrage--History.--United States
Suffragists--History.--United States
African American women social reformers--History.
African American women--Political activity--History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Process--Elections.
African American women--Political activity.
African American women social reformers.
African Americans--Suffrage.
Suffragists.
Women--Suffrage.
Schwarze Frau
Frauenwahlrecht
Noires am�ericaines--Droit de vote--Histoire.
Noires am�ericaines--Politique et gouvernement--Histoire.
Geschichte 1837-1965.
Government - U.S.
Law, Politics & Government.
Political Rights - U.S.
United States.
USA.
History.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
JK1924 / .A47 1997eb
324.6/23/08996073
JK1924 / .A47 1997eb