Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins

The Untold Story of Women of Color in the League of Women Voters (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Untold Story of Women of Color in the League of Women Voters explores ways in which these women have been marginalized and recognizes how their contributions will positively influence the organization as it moves into its next 100 years.

On February 14, 2020, the League of Women Voters of the United States celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding. Although women of color have always made significant contributions to women's suffrage and the women's movements, their contributions, particularly as they relate to the League of Women Voters (LWV), have been marginalized and relegated to the footnotes of the organization's history. The Untold Story of Women of Color in the League of Women Voters adds a new dimension to these conversations.

The book is structured to show the progression of the relationship between the League of Women Voters and its members of color as manifested in changes to its policies, practices, symbols, and messaging. It begins with the suffrage movement and continues until the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the League and uses actual correspondence, convention minutes, existing League histories, and personal accounts to tell the League story. Chapter titles disclose the philosophical shifts in attitude at each stage of the organization's evolution.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216160731
• Artikelnr.: 68167981

Autorenporträt

Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins, PhD, is adjunct assistant professor in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Gracia Hillman Acknowledgments Introduction: More Than a Footnote
Chapter 1 Lest We Forget Chapter 2 To "Finish the Fight" Chapter 3 For the
Sake of the Cause Chapter 4 The Lessons of the Hour Chapter 5 Through
Amber-Colored Glasses Chapter 6 The League Way Chapter 7 The Weight of
History Epilogue: Moving Forward-The Unfinished Fight Appendices
Bibliography Index