Bibliograph

Lifting as we climb, Black women's battle for the ballot box, Evette Dionne

Type

Label

Lifting as we climb, Black women's battle for the ballot box, Evette Dionne

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Lifting as we climb

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1099569335

Responsibility statement

Evette Dionne

Sub title

Black women's battle for the ballot box

Summary

"For African American women, the fight for the right to vote was only one battle. An eye-opening book that tells the important, overlooked story of Black women as a force in the suffrage movement--when fellow suffragists did not accept them as equal partners in the struggle."--Publisher's description

Table Of Contents

Preface: not the history you learned in school -- Abolitionist women embrace the fight -- "Ain't I a woman?" : the cult of true womanhood -- The negro hour is upon us -- The rise of Black women's suffrage clubs -- Voting is only for educated women -- Taking it to the streets -- The back of the movement : the Women's Suffrage March -- Voting out Jim Crow -- Epilogue: continuing to climb

Target audience

juvenile

Classification