African American women and the vote, 1837-1965

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Title:

African American women and the vote, 1837-1965

Author:

Gordon, Ann D. (Ann Dexter)

Publication Information:

Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [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.

Subject Term:

African Americans -- Suffrage -- History.

Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History.

Suffragists -- United States -- History.

African American women social reformers -- History.

African American women -- Political activity -- History.

Added Author:

Gordon, Ann D. (Ann Dexter)

Collier-Thomas, Bettye.

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