Ida B. Wells-Barnett and American reform, 1880-1930 / Patricia A. Schechter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schechter, Patricia Ann, 1964-

Series:

Gender & American culture.

Gender and American culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women civil rights workers--Biography.

African American women civil rights workers.

Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.

Civil rights workers.

African American women social reformers--Biography.

African American women social reformers.

African American women political activists--Biography.

African American women political activists.

African American women journalists--Biography.

African American women journalists.

Lynching--United States--History.

Lynching.

African Americans--Politics and government.

African Americans.

Women's rights--United States--History.

Women's rights.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931.

Wells-Barnett, Ida B.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (408 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

African American journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) is remembered mainly for her anti-lynching crusade in the 1890's. This work seeks to restore her to her central place in the early reform movements for civil rights, women's suffrage, and Progressivism in the United States and abroad.

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1.Talking through Tears; 2.Coming of Age in Memphis; 3.The Body in Question; 4.Progress against Itself; 5.Settlements, Suffrage, Setbacks; 6.For Women, of Women, by Women; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-361) and index.

ISBN:

9798890871084

9780807875469

0807875465

OCLC:

70720874