Gender, race, and politics in the Midwest : black club women in Illinois
Wanda A. Hendricks (Author)
The African American club women (1890-1920) in Illinois helped establish the largest national network of black club women in the country, The National Association of Colored Women, organized the only federation of its kind in the state, The Illinois Federation of Colored Women, and cast ballots for the first black elected to the city council.
History
xviii, 162 pages ; 23 cm
9780253334473, 9780253212337, 0253334470, 0253212332
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The movement to organize race women
"Loyalty to women and justice to children": the Illinois Federation of Colored Women's Clubs
Agents of social welfare
Race riots, the NAACP, and female suffrage: the national movement
"I am doing it for the future benefit of my whole race": agents of political inclusion
The Politics of race: Chicago
"To fill a reported industrial need": the great migration, race women, and the end of an era