This volume explores the roles black women played in their communities' social movements and the consequences of elevating women into positions of visibility and leadership. Martha Jones reveals how, throughout the 19th century, the "woman question" was at the core of movements against slavery and for civil rights.
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"An excellent contribution to the literature on gender studies, African American studies, and nineteenth-century American history. . . . Jones masterfully articulates how African American women and their allies battled for equal standing. . . . She explains their odyssey and furthers our understanding of the role and contributions of black women both past and present."
-- North Carolina Historical Review
"Jones distinguishes African American women's voices, spaces, and places, focusing on the unique aspects of their multidimensional existence. . . . Provides detailed accounts. . . . Documents how these women shaped and defined the nature of American public culture in the 19th century."
-Journal of African American History
"Jones has brilliantly rehistoricized black feminism and reframed the 'woman question.'"
— Journal of Southern History
"An excellent introductory study of nineteenth-century African American women and their very public quest for equality."
— H-Net Reviews
"Provides important background. . . . Highly recommended."
— Choice
"This important study attests to the continuing vitality of the field of African American women's history."
-- Journal of American History
"An important contribution to the growing literature on black women's political activism."
— Signs
This work is a tour de force.
-- North Carolina Historical Review
"Jones distinguishes African American women's voices, spaces, and places, focusing on the unique aspects of their multidimensional existence. . . . Provides detailed accounts. . . . Documents how these women shaped and defined the nature of American public culture in the 19th century."
-Journal of African American History
"Jones has brilliantly rehistoricized black feminism and reframed the 'woman question.'"
— Journal of Southern History
"An excellent introductory study of nineteenth-century African American women and their very public quest for equality."
— H-Net Reviews
"Provides important background. . . . Highly recommended."
— Choice
"This important study attests to the continuing vitality of the field of African American women's history."
-- Journal of American History
"An important contribution to the growing literature on black women's political activism."
— Signs
This work is a tour de force.
--Nancy A. Hewitt, Rutgers University
About the Author
Martha S. Jones is assistant professor of history and Afroamerican and African studies and visiting assistant professor of law at the University of Michigan.
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