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For the freedom of her race : Black women and electoral politics in Illinois, 1877-1932
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- Creator
- Lisa G. Materson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2009]
- ©2009
- Physical Details
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- xv, 344 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780807832714, 0807894036, 9780807894033, 9781469605951, 0807832715, 1469605953
- OCLC
- ocn244354517, ocn435526825
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-320) and index.
- Tomorrow you will go to the polls : women's voting in Chicago in 1894 -- Because her parents had never had the chance : southern migrant politics during the 1910s -- Profit from the mistakes of men : national party politics, 1920-1924 -- The prohibition issue as a smoke screen : the failure of racial uplift ideology and the 1928 election -- Political reconstruction for themselves and their daughters : the campaigns of Ruth Hanna McCormick, 1927-1930
Subjects
- African American women -- Political activity -- Illinois -- History.
- African Americans -- Suffrage -- Illinois -- History.
- African American churches -- Political aspects -- Illinois -- History.
- African Americans -- Migrations -- History.
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Illinois.
- Sex role -- Political aspects -- Illinois -- History.
- Elections -- Illinois -- History.
- Political parties -- United States -- History.
- Illinois -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- To 1950.