What a Woman Ought to Be and to Do - Black Professional Women Workers during the Jim Crow Era

Foreword, by Catharine R. StimpsonPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart 1: What a Woman Ought to Be1. "Aim always to attain excellence in character and culture": Child-rearing strategies2. "The daughters of our community coming up": Developing community consciousness3. "We are not educating individuals but manufacturing levers": Schooling reinforcementsEpilogue to Part 1Part 2: What a Woman Ought to DoPrologue to Part 24. "I am teaching school here . . . [but] I find it rather hard . . . with my housekeeping": Private sphere work5. "It was time . . . that we should be members": Personal professional work6. "Working for my race in one way or another ever since I was a grown woman.": Public sphere workConclusionAppendix: Biographical sketchesAbbreviations and SourcesNotesIndex

Summary

Explores the world of American Black professional women in a society that denied them full professional status. Shaw shows how, in spite of this, African-American families, communities and schools worked to encourage the self-confidence, individual initiative and social responsibility of girls.

Product details

• Authors: Stephanie J. Shaw, Shaw Stephanie J.
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.1996
• EAN: 9780226751207
• ISBN: 978-0-226-75120-7
• No. of pages: 364
• Dimensions: 16 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 539 g
• Series: Women in Culture & Society (Pa; Women in Culture and Society Series; Women in Culture & Society (Pa; Women in Culture and Society; Women in Culture & Society Series WCS (CHUP); Women in Culture & Society Series WCS
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, HISTORY / Women, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Gender studies: women, Sociology: work & labour, History of the Americas, Gender studies: women and girls, Black & Asian Studies, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General