For the Freedom of Her Race
Black Women and Electoral Politics in Illinois, 1877-1932
Lisa G. Materson
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Description
Grounded in the rich history of Chicago politics, For the Freedom of Her Race tells a wide-ranging story about black women's involvement in southern, midwestern, and national politics. Examining the oppressive decades between the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932--a period that is often described as the nadir of black life in America--Lisa Materson shows that as African American women migrated beyond the reach of southern white supremacists, they became active voters, canvassers, suffragists, campaigners, and lobbyists, mobilizing to gain a voice in national party politics and elect representatives who would push for the enforcement of the Reconstruction Amendments in the South.
Product Details
| Publisher | University of North Carolina Press |
| Publish Date | February 01, 2013 |
| Pages | 360 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781469600895 |
| Dimensions | 9.1 X 6.1 X 1.0 inches | 1.0 pounds |
About the Author
Lisa G. Materson is associate professor of history at the University of California at Davis.
Reviews
An important new study . . . [that contributes] to the historiography on political culture in modern America and on Illinois and the Midwest."--Annals of Iowa
Convincingly demonstrates that black women were agents of social and political change, and carefully traces the post-emancipation experiences of southern black women who used the political process to gain political rights for all blacks."--Journal of Illinois History
Exhaustively researched, meticulously analyzed, and does justice to the complex ways that those who are politically motivated function inside the limitations of a two-party system."--Journal of American History
Makes an important contribution to our understanding of the role of African-American women within Jim Crow era politics."--Southwest Journal of Cultures
Materson has done an admirable job of placing the political activities of local African American women in a larger context. . . . [She] aptly reveals how African American women jockeyed for position to push forward their political interests."--Journal of Southern History
One of this book's many strengths is that Materson takes her subjects seriously as political actors."--American Historical Review
Well-organized, nicely written, and makes an important contribution to our knowledge of African American women's history and politics, and to our understanding of the sometimes messy and complicated processes by which political realignments occur."--Indiana Magazine of History
Convincingly demonstrates that black women were agents of social and political change, and carefully traces the post-emancipation experiences of southern black women who used the political process to gain political rights for all blacks."--Journal of Illinois History
Exhaustively researched, meticulously analyzed, and does justice to the complex ways that those who are politically motivated function inside the limitations of a two-party system."--Journal of American History
Makes an important contribution to our understanding of the role of African-American women within Jim Crow era politics."--Southwest Journal of Cultures
Materson has done an admirable job of placing the political activities of local African American women in a larger context. . . . [She] aptly reveals how African American women jockeyed for position to push forward their political interests."--Journal of Southern History
One of this book's many strengths is that Materson takes her subjects seriously as political actors."--American Historical Review
Well-organized, nicely written, and makes an important contribution to our knowledge of African American women's history and politics, and to our understanding of the sometimes messy and complicated processes by which political realignments occur."--Indiana Magazine of History
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