For the freedom of her race [[electronic resource] ] : Black women and electoral politics in Illinois, 1877-1932 / / Lisa G. Materson
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Materson Lisa G
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For the freedom of her race [[electronic resource] ] : Black women and electoral politics in Illinois, 1877-1932 / / Lisa G. Materson
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| Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 323.1196/0730773 |
| Soggetto topico: | African American women - Illinois - Political activity - History |
| African Americans - Suffrage - Illinois - History | |
| African American churches - Political aspects - Illinois - History | |
| African Americans - Migrations - History | |
| African Americans - Civil rights - Illinois - History | |
| Sex role - Political aspects - Illinois - History | |
| Elections - Illinois - History | |
| Political parties - United States - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Illinois Politics and government 1865-1950 |
| Chicago (Ill.) Politics and government To 1950 | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-320) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Tomorrow You Will Go to the Polls: Women's Voting in Chicago in 1894; 2 Because Her Parents Had Never Had the Chance: Southern Migrant Politics during the 1910's; 3 Profit from the Mistakes of Men: National Party Politics, 1920-1924; 4 The Prohibition Issue as a Smoke Screen: The Failure of Racial Uplift Ideology and the 1928 Election; 5 Political Recognition for Themselves and Their Daughters: The Campaigns of Ruth Hanna McCormick, 1927-1930; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Focusing on Chicago and downstate Illinois politics during the incredibly 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 demonstrates the impact that migrating southern black women had on midwestern and national politics, first in the Republican Party and later in the Democratic Party. Materson shows that as African American women migrated beyond the reach of southern white supremacists, they became active voters, canvassers, suffragi |
| Titolo autorizzato: | For the freedom of her race |
| ISBN: | 1-4696-0595-3 |
| 0-8078-9403-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910778011703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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