Gender, race, and politics in the Midwest : Black club women in Illinois / Wanda A. Hendricks.

Author/creator Hendricks, Wanda A.
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1998.
Descriptionxviii, 162 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects
African American women--Illinois. --Societies and clubs. --History.
African American women--Illinois. --Political activity. --History.
African Americans--Illinois. --Social conditions.
African Americans--Illinois. --Politics and government.
African American women--Illinois. --Societies, clubs, etc. --History.
Illinois--Race relations.

SeriesBlacks in the diaspora
Blacks in the diaspora.
Contents 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.
Local noteLittle-314729--305131024548-
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [133]-153) and index.
LCCN 98003091
ISBN0253334470 (cl : alk. paper)
ISBN0253212332 (pa : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks F550.B53 H46 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold