Title Colored No More : Reinventing Black Womanhood in Washington, D.C

Published Champaign : University of Illinois Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (159 pages) Series Women in American History Ser Women in American History Ser Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Climbing the Hilltop: New Negro Womanhood at Howard University; 2 Make Me Beautiful: Aesthetic Discourses of New Negro Womanhood; 3 Performing and Politicizing "Ladyhood": Black Washington Women and New Negro Suffrage Activism; 4 Saturday at the S Street Salon: New Negro Women Playwrights; Conclusion: Turn-of-the-Century Black Womanhood; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary Home to established African American institutions and communities, Washington, D.C., offered women in the New Negro movement a unique setting for the fight against racial and gender oppression. 'Colored No More' traces how African American women of the late-19th and early 20th century made significant strides toward making the nation's capital a more equal and dynamic urban centre Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-176) and index Notes Print version record Subject African American women -- Washington (D.C.) -- History Women, Black -- Race identity African American women -- Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs African American women -- Political activity -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century Women -- Suffrage -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century Women -- Washington (D.C.) -- History Women, Black -- Ethnic identity African American women African American women -- Political activity African American women -- Social life and customs Manners and customs Politics and government Women Women -- Suffrage SUBJECT Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century Subject Washington (D.C.) Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780252099571 0252099575

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