African American Women in the Struggle for the Vote, 1850–1920

Presents a study of African American women's roles in the suffrage movement. This title offers a comprehensive look at the African American women who sought the right to vote. It argues that sexism and racism prevented African American women from voting and from full participation in the national suffrage movement.

About the author

Rosalyn Terborg-Penn is Professor and Coordinator of Graduate Programs in History at Morgan State University in Baltimore. A founder of the Association of Black Women Historians, she is a co-editor of Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia, The Afro-American Woman: Struggles and Images, and Women in Africa and the African Diaspora: A Reader.

Summary

African American suffragists in the suffrage movement.

Product details

• Authors: Rosalyn Terborg-Penn, Terborg-Penn Rosalyn
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.05.1998
• EAN: 9780253211767
• ISBN: 978-0-253-21176-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 234 mm x 156 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 322 g
• Illustrations: 21 b&w photos
• Series: Blacks in the Diaspora (Paperb; Blacks in the Diaspora; Blacks in the Diaspora (Paperb
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system