Black Texas Women : : 150 Years of Trial and Triumph /

Black Texas Women : : 150 Years of Trial and Triumph / / Ruthe Winegarten; ed. by Janet G. Humphrey, Frieda Werden.

Women of all colors have shaped families, communities, institutions, and societies throughout history, but only in recent decades have their contributions been widely recognized, described, and celebrated. This book presents the first comprehensive history of black Texas women, a previously neglecte...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Winegarten, Ruthe,
HerausgeberIn:
Humphrey, Janet G.,
Werden, Frieda,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2014]
©1994
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (448 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • "She Is My Sister" by Niobe
  • PART I The Antebellum Period
  • 1. Free Women of Color
  • 2 Slavery
  • PART II Reconstruction and Redemption
  • 3 First Freedom
  • 4 Resistance
  • PART III Education and Culture
  • 5 Freedmen's Bureau Schools and Public Schools
  • 6 Higher Education
  • 7 Culture and Social Life
  • PART IV The New Century
  • 8 Work
  • 9 Clubs and Community Building
  • 10 The Fight for Suffrage and against Lynching
  • PART V The Modern Period
  • 11 World War II
  • 12 The Civil Rights Movement
  • 13 Breaking the Glass Ceiling
  • "Prelude to Ashe" by Hermine Pinson
  • Appendix 1 Educators
  • Appendix 2 Officeholders
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Photo Credits
  • Index

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