African American women and the vote, 1837-1965
Title:
African American women and the vote, 1837-1965
Author:
Gordon, Ann D. (Ann Dexter)
Publication Information:
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [1997]
©1997
Physical Description:
217 pages ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
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 / quest for justice : African American women litigants, 1867-1890
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
Reading Level:
1500 Lexile.
ISBN:
9781558490581
9781558490598
Format :
Book