Rosalyn Terborg-PennRecensioni
Autore di Black women in America : an historical encyclopedia
Recensioni
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The long struggle for the Nineteenth Amendment was inextricably intertwined with the issue of race. Terborg-Penn has amply researched the history of Black women in the struggle for its passage. There are some prominent names that will be familiar, in particular Sojourner Truth. But there were so many more articulate Black women who struggled for universal suffrage and were tireless organizers, yet, were rebuffed by their white colleagues when it was expedient. These Black women had a double struggle - for gender and for race. Once the Nineteenth Amendment was passed, Black women (and men) found, in the South, many obstacles to registering to vote - obstacles so high that they resulted in the disenfranchisement of many Black voters.
This was a difficult book to read as it is a side of American history that we don’t see in text books. But as informed citizens we must understand it as we see it played out on our daily news.