Title A Respectable Woman : the Public Roles of African American Women in 19th-Century New York

Published New York : NYU Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (256 pages) Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 "I Resided in Said City Ever Since": Women and the Neighborhoods; 2 "We Were Not as Particular in the Old Days about Getting Married as They Are Now": Women, the Family, and Household Composition; 3 "I Washed for My Living": Black Women's Occupations; 4 "Idle Pleasures and Frivolous Amusements": African American Women and Leisure Time; 5 "They Turned Me Out of My House": African American Women and Racialized Violence; 6 "We Should Cultivate Those Powers": Activism of African American Women; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G HI; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author Summary In the nineteenth century, New York City underwent a tremendous demographic transformation driven by European immigration, the growth of a native-born population, and the expansion of one of the largest African American communities in the North. New York's free blacks were extremely politically active, lobbying for equal rights at home and an end to Southern slavery. As their activism increased, so did discrimination against them, most brutally illustrated by bloody attacks during the 1863 New York City Draft Riots. The struggle for civil rights did not extend to equal gender roles, and black Notes Print version record Subject Racism -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century Community life -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century Women's rights -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century Sex role -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century African American women -- Political activity -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century African American women -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century African American women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions -- 19th century HISTORY / United States / 19th Century. African American women African American women -- Political activity African American women -- Social conditions Community life Racism Sex role Women's rights New York (State) -- New York Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780814785188 0814785182

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