Ruthe Winegarten

Black Texas Women

150 Years of Trial and Triumph

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 neglected group whose 150 years of continued struggle and some successes against the oppression of racism and sexism deserve to be better known and understood. Beginning with slave and free women of color during the Texas colonial period and concluding with contemporary women who serve in the Texas legislature and the United States Congress, Ruthe Winegarten organizes her history both chronologically and topically. Her narrative sparkles with the life stories of individual women and their contributions to the work force, education, religion, the club movement, community building, politics, civil rights, and culture. The product of extensive archival and oral research and illustrated with over 200 photographs, this groundbreaking work will be equally appealing to general readers and to scholars of women's history, black history, American studies, and Texas history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 864g
• ISBN-13: 9780292790896
• ISBN-10: 0292790899
• Artikelnr.: 29503508

Autorenporträt

The late Ruthe Winegarten, an independent scholar, has written, coauthored, and edited numerous books.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Preface
2. Acknowledgments
3. "She Is My Sister" by Niobe
4. Part I. The Antebellum Period
* 1. Free Women of Color. "An honest, sober and industrious woman. "
* 2. Slavery. "Our slaves are the happiest...human beings on whom the
sun shines."
5. Part II. Reconstruction and Redemption
* 3. First Freedom. "I belong to myself now."
* 4. Resistance. "Colored woman sues for damages."
6. Part III. Education and Culture
* 5. Freedmen's Bureau Schools and Public Schools "Send us teachers. "
* 6. Higher Education. "Conduct becoming ladies is insisted upon."
* 7. Culture and Social Life. "If you can sing gospel, you can sing the
blues."
7. Part IV. The New Century
* 8. Work. "I would not take 'no' for an answer."
* 9. Clubs and Community Building. "Lifting as we climb."
* 10. The Fight for Suffrage and against Lynching. "Are you saying that
we can't vote because we're Negroes?"
8. Part V. The Modern Period
* 11. World War II. "A splendid opportunity for colored women. "
* 12. The Civil Rights Movement. "The fight is on!"
* 13. Breaking the Glass Ceiling. "This is our time."
9. "Prelude to Ashe" by Hermine Pinson
10. Appendix 1. Educators
11. Appendix 2. Officeholders
12. Notes
13. Selected Bibliography
14. Photo Credits
15. Index