... Rhodesia (FWI) turned to political activism with the founding of Homecraft Clubs for black women. The FWI's systematization of knowledge about home economics was concomitant with the white women's heightened sense of Rhodesian nationalism. As white women taught domesticity and community service to black...

... Studies would transport him to a deeper understanding his mother’s life and that of other black/women of color. The author refers to them his “other mothers and soul sisters.” Ultimately, he aims to “challenge males of all ages and (of all races and ethnicities) to open themselves up to the self...

... the candidates both challenged and reinforced historic stereotypes of race and sex while echoing familiar themes in American politics and exploiting new digital technologies. Chapters cover Clinton's gender masquerade; the politics of black anger; Michelle Obama and stereotypes about black women's bodies; black...

... ideology White Deborah Gray Wolcott Victoria Slowe Lucy Diggs Ginzberg Lori Women and the Work of Benevolence New Negro black women Washington, D.C colored Jim Crow feminism World’s Fair modernity By a sort of national common consent, she has had no place in the Republic of free...

... history African American black freedom struggles black women African American women New Negro Jim Crow urban history Southern history Paul Lawrence Dunbar said that Washington in 1909 was “where the breeziness of the West met the refinement of the East, the warmth and grace of the South...

... black women Du Bois W E B Ellison Ralph Fanon Frantz Hoberman John intellectual affective strategies medical racism racial trauma self identifications sexual affective strategies whiteness classism colorism Francine character in Frankie and Alice immigrants life stressors associated...

...This introductory chapter outlines the political achievements and contributions made by black women in the United States between the 1910s and the 1970s. In addition, the chapter focuses on New York City as a setting—given that it was a central hub of progressive politics in the United States...

... religious ideology. It also describes Barrier Williams' participation in the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and concludes with an assessment of the controversy surrounding her attempt to join the Chicago Woman's Club, a white women's group that did not want to accept black women as members. The chapter...

...This chapter examines the unprecedented growth in activity and the coalescence of women's local and regional clubs in the early 1890s, a period that also saw Fannie Barrier Williams increase her reform activities in the black community and with the black women who had come to her aid. It begins...

... and how elite northern black women beckoned their white allies to address the issue of racism in the organizations they joined. It then considers Barrier Williams' effort to more clearly define her place in the Chicago Woman's Club, chronicle the successful ascendency of black women in the public arena...

... for at the turn of the twentieth century. This chapter first considers the discourse of conduct books before turning to Floyd's example of how black girls could contribute to racial progress through proper education, along with his ideals of beauty. It also highlights the ways black women differed from black men...

...Pandemic conditions restricted family gatherings to cook and eat in-person, even as the weight of generations of racial inequities and injustice bore down on Black shoulders. The heaviness led Black women directly to their kitchens, where they used Instagram to preserve a heritage of hospitality...

...Contending with racism, sexism, regionalism, and misogynoir—a distinct form of racialized misogyny directed towards Black women, girls, and femmes—Black women in the mainstream music industry face distinct barriers in becoming forces in the music industry. This chapter not only explores Beyoncé...

..., recruiting ads revealed the paradox of tactical inclusion, in which new martial figures including Black women, heteropatriotic families, and exceptional Black service members became visible as violence and death in war and were increasingly a defining aspect of military service. 9 11 attacks Abu Lughod Lila...

... The literary and educational societies Stewart Maria W Freedom’s Journal antislavery organizations boarding schools Lange Elizabeth single sex schools for Black women and girls St Frances Academy for Colored Girls Miner Myrtilla Sterling Dorothy abolitionist colleges Brown Emma V Howland Emily...

... the South. Many of these women had studied abroad. In the 1920s, Alpha Kappa Alpha, the oldest Black women’s sorority, began offering fellowships for its members to study abroad. Beginning in the mid-1920s, Black women studied at the Sorbonne, the University of Berlin, Oxford, and other European...

...Due to the migration of African Americans from southern states to the mid and far west, Black women who moved to these areas attended public land-grant (and some private) institutions throughout the Midwest (Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, etc.). In addition...

...This introductory essay offers a broad overview of the history and scholarship on black internationalism and examines the significance of employing a gender analysis and centering women’s ideas and activities. In so doing, it engages two central questions: (1) how was black women’s engagement...

... citizenship. Because the nation aims to keep African Americans and women in subordinate positions, black women’s expressive culture reveals how black communities sustain themselves in the pursuit of success even while facing hostility. As house slaves in white people’s homes and in slave cabins...

...This chapter explores the social and historical factors that influenced young Black women during the civil rights movement, including the Church, racially segregated communities, and Black media. The chapter introduces eight women whose oral histories provide insight into the lived experiences...