Talk with you like a woman : African American women, justice, and reform in New York, 1890-1935

Title:

Author:

Hicks, Cheryl D., 1971-

ISBN:

9780807882320

9781469603759

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 372 pages) : illustrations, portraits.

Series:

Gender and American culture

Gender & American culture.

Abstract:

With this book, Cheryl Hicks brings to light the voices and viewpoints of black working-class women, especially southern migrants, who were the subjects of urban and penal reform in early twentieth-century New York. In need of support as they navigated the discriminatory labor and housing markets and contended with poverty, maternity, and domestic violence, black women instead found themselves subject to hostility from black leaders, urban reformers, and the police. Through their actions as well as their words, black working-class women challenged prevailing views regarding black women and mor.

Subject Term:

African American women -- Employment -- New York (State) -- New York.

African American women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions -- History.

Sex role -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.

Women's rights -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.

Racism -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.

Electronic Access:

http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9780807882320_hicks

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