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For the freedom of her race : Black women and electoral politics in Illinois, 1877-1932 / Lisa G. Materson.
Van Pelt Library E185.93.I2 M38 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Materson, Lisa G.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American women--Political activity--Illinois--History.
- African American women.
- African American women--Political activity.
- Elections.
- History.
- Sex role--Political aspects.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- African Americans--Migrations.
- African American churches.
- African Americans--Suffrage.
- Illinois.
- African Americans--Suffrage--Illinois--History.
- African Americans.
- African American churches--Political aspects--Illinois--History.
- African Americans--Migrations--History.
- African Americans--Civil rights--Illilnois--History.
- Sex role--Political aspects--Illinois--History.
- Sex role.
- Elections--Illinois--History.
- Political parties--United States--History.
- Political parties.
- United States.
- Illinois--Politics and government--1865-1950.
- Politics and government.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government--To 1950.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Physical Description:
- xv, 344 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- 1 Tomorrow You Will Go to the Polls: Women's Voting in Chicago in 1894 20
- 2 Because Her Parents Had Never Had the Chance: Southern Migrant Politics during the 1910s 60
- 3 Profit from the Mistakes of Men: National Party Politics, 1920-1924 108
- 4 The Prohibition Issue as a Smoke Screen: The Failure of Racial Uplift Ideology and the 1928 Election 149
- 5 Political Recognition for Themselves and Their Daughters: The Campaigns of Ruth Hanna McCormick, 1927-1930 185.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-320) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807832714
- 0807832715
- OCLC:
- 244354517
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