04800oam 22006614a 450 991073508510332120251116152024.00-253-06903-3(CKB)27917454100041(MdBmJHUP)musev2_113352(ScCtBLL)f89feb1e-c555-49f2-8e59-42950082d2f2(EXLCZ)992791745410004119980212d1998 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGender, Race, and Politics in the Midwest Black Club Women in Illinois /Wanda A. HendricksBloomington :Indiana University Press,[1998]©[1998]1 online resourceBlacks in the diaspora.0-253-33447-0 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.During the thirty year period from 1890 to 1920, the African American club women in Illinois helped establish the largest national network of black club women in the country, The National Association of Colored Women, created hundreds of female associations, 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. Hendricks focuses on the Progressive Era, a period of numerous and unusual challenges not replicated in other regions of the country. Illinois and several of the other Midwestern states were affected by the burgeoning industrial economy and by the massive immigration of African American seeking economic opportunity. Chicago, by 1920, housed one of the largest and most urbanized black communities in the country. While few legal social and political restrictions were imposed on blacks, the state was the site of some of the worst race riots in the nation during the first two decades of the twentieth century. Club women successfully met these challenges by becoming social and political agents of reform and community uplift. Through their own volunteerism and fundraising they combated the problems of homelessness, unemployment, illiteracy, high mortality, and inadequate health care that plagued African Americans. They opened kindergartens, day nurseries, orphanages, settlement houses, elderly homes, recreation centers, and medical care facilities. They also demonstrated their political prowess by developing a gendered political culture. They formed suffrage clubs, entered public debates on major issues and voiced their opinions on the importance of holding politicians accountable for their actions. The Illinois club women also played a primary role in the election of Oscar Stanton DePriest as the first black alderman in Chicago. Schwarze FraugndVereingndRace relationsfast(OCoLC)fst01086509African AmericansSocial conditionsfast(OCoLC)fst00799698African AmericansPolitics and governmentfast(OCoLC)fst00799659African American womenSocieties and clubsfast(OCoLC)fst00799469African American womenPolitical activityfast(OCoLC)fst00799461African AmericansIllinoisPolitics and governmentAfrican AmericansIllinoisSocial conditionsAfrican American womenPolitical activityIllinoisHistoryAfrican American womenIllinoisSocieties and clubsHistoryIllinoisgndIllinoisfastIllinoisRace relationsSchwarze Frau.Verein.Race relations.African AmericansSocial conditions.African AmericansPolitics and government.African American womenSocieties and clubs.African American womenPolitical activity.African AmericansPolitics and government.African AmericansSocial conditions.African American womenPolitical activityHistory.African American womenSocieties and clubsHistory.Hendricks Wanda A.1184474MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910735085103321Gender, Race, and Politics in the Midwest3455925UNINA