TY - BOOK AU - Gordon,Ann D. AU - Collier-Thomas,Bettye TI - African American women and the vote, 1837-1965 SN - 0585083525 AV - JK1924 .A47 1997eb U1 - 324.6/23/08996073 20 PY - 1997/// CY - Amherst PB - University of Massachusetts Press KW - African Americans KW - Suffrage KW - History KW - Women KW - United States KW - Suffragists KW - African American women social reformers KW - African American women KW - Political activity KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Political Process KW - Elections KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Schwarze Frau KW - gnd KW - Frauenwahlrecht KW - Noires am�ericaines KW - Droit de vote KW - Histoire KW - ram KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - Geschichte 1837-1965 KW - swd KW - Government - U.S KW - hilcc KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Political Rights - U.S KW - USA KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-214); African American women and the vote : an overview; Rosalyn Terborg-Penn --; Architects of a vision : Black women and their antebellum quest for political and social equality; Willi Coleman --; Frances Ellen Watkins Harper : abolitionist and feminist reformer, 1825-1911; Bettye Collier-Thomas --; To catch the vision of freedom : reconstructing Southern Black women's political history, 1865-1880; Elsa Barkley Brown --; The quest for justice : African American women litigants, 1867-1890; Janice Sumler-Edmond; Advancement of the race through African American women's organizations in the South, 1895-1925; Cynthia Neverdon-Morton --; Clubwomen and electoral politics in the 1920s; Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham --; From Progressive Republican to Independent Progressive : the political career of Charlotta A. Bass; Gerald R. Gill --; Shining in the dark : Black women and the struggle for the vote, 1955-1965; Martha Prescod Norman --; Directions for scholarships; Bettina Aptheker; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - 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 UR - https://libproxy.firstcity.edu.my:8443/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=13833 ER -