Title The life of Madie Hall Xuma : black women's global activism during Jim Crow and apartheid / Wanda A. Hendricks

Published Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 288 pages) : illustrations Series Women, gender, and sexuality in American history Women, gender, and sexuality in American history. Contents Winston-Salem -- The making of Madie Beatrice Hall -- "I wanted to be a doctor" : coming of age -- "Women are awakening" : shaping the parameters of black and white alliances -- New York -- The bridge between Jim Crow and apartheid -- "If I had wings I would truly fly over" : the courtship -- South Africa -- "I had to do something for women here" -- "Prominent South African woman arrives in New York" -- A transnational nexus : the world YWCA Summary "Revered in South Africa as "An African American Mother of the Nation," Madie Beatrice Hall Xuma spent her extraordinary life immersed in global women's activism. Wanda A. Hendricks's biography follows Hall Xuma from her upbringing in the Jim Crow South to her leadership role in the African National Congress (ANC) and beyond. Hall Xuma was already known for her social welfare work when she married South African physician and ANC activist Alfred Bitini Xuma. Becoming president of the ANC Women's League put Hall Xuma at the forefront of fighting racial discrimination as South Africa moved toward apartheid. Hendricks provides the long-overlooked context for the events that undergirded Hall Xuma's life and work. As she shows, a confluence of history, ideas, and organizations both shaped Hall Xuma and centered her in the histories of Black women and women's activism, and of South Africa and the United States"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 01, 2022) Subject Xuma, Madie Hall, 1894-1982. Xuma, Alfred B. (Alfred Bitini), 1893-1962 -- Family SUBJECT Xuma, Alfred B. (Alfred Bitini), 1893-1962 fast Subject African National Congress -- Biography SUBJECT African National Congress fast Subject African Americans -- South Africa -- Biography African American women political activists -- Biography African American women social activists -- Biography African American women educators -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Biography SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global) BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black. SOCIAL SCIENCE / General African American women educators African American women political activists African Americans Families Politics and government SUBJECT South Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125489 Winston-Salem (N.C.) -- Biography Subject North Carolina -- Winston-Salem South Africa Genre/Form Biographies Form Electronic book LC no. 2022004938 ISBN 0252053575 9780252053573

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