Black women in the earlier 20th century, during a time of great social change. Includes the Harlem Renaissance, World War II, more.
African American women in photographs, about 1899-1900, from an album of photographs collected and compiled by W.E.B. Du Bois.
In 1902, Dr. Daniel Wallace Culp published a book of essays on various issues facing African Americans of the day, including essays by several African American women. Includes biographical information.
In the March, 1913, suffrage parade, African American women were asked to march at the back of the demonstration. Mary Church Terrell agreed; Ida B. Wells-Barnett had a different reaction.
From the roots to the blossoming to the neglect to the rediscovery of this important literary movement. Article by Jone Lewis, your Women's History Guide.
From Jone Lewis, your About Guide to Women's History, biographies of women of this literary and artistic movement.
Hallie Quinn Brown biography - the life and importance of Hallie Quinn Brown, black civil rights leader, educator, and speaker.
From your About Guide to Women's History, a biography, net resources, and quotations on writer Zora Neale Hurston.
Madam C. J. Walker biography - profile of Madam C. J. Walker, African American inventor and business executive whose hair care products were directed at black women.
Profile of Maggie Lena Walker, first woman bank president,and African American business woman of Richmond, Virginia.
Pictures of Maggie Lena Walker, African American business executive and bank president.
Since its founding in 1935, the National Council of Negro Women worked for civil rights, economic rights, self-help opportunities, and a stronger black family.
This article originally appeared in the June 1912 issue of The Crisis, a journal considered one of the leading forces in the New Negro Movement and the Harlem Renaissance, addressing a failure on the part of the National American Woman Suffrage Association to support a resolution condemning the Southern disenfranchisement of African Americans, in law and in practice.
This article originally appeared in the September 1912 issue of The Crisis. It addresses the historical ties of the suffrage movement to the anti-slavery movement and regrets the later move away from defending racial justice. Martha Gruening, a white woman, worked for such causes as racial justice and peace.
From
Ebony 1999: a list of 100 Black American women from Oprah Winfrey and Mary McLeod Bethune to Faye Wattleton and Vanessa Williams.
Allison Berg's analysis of the 1920's prize-winning play, featuring Sundry White Devils and Us's. Includes the experience of students acting in the play with racial identities other than their own: not "color conscious" casting but "color consciousness-raising" casting, as it turned out.
Ebony article, 1999, by Lynn Norment, on the changing sense of style among African Americans, both men and women. Afros and flappers, the Supremes, Lena Horne, cornrowed hair and a history of Black models.
Coleman, now featured on a 32-cent US postage stamp, was not only the first woman to earn an International Aviation license but the first licensed black aviator.
1925 article on "the struggle of negro women for sex and race emancipation." From
Survey Graphic Harlem Number. Text and page images.
From the
Survey Graphic Harlem Number, March 1925, four portraits by Winold Reiss. Click each for a larger copy of the portrait.
Neil Sullivan, in this 1998 article from
African American Review, looks at the racial identity and gender issues in the 1929 novel.
Story of the sculptress born in the 19th century.
YWCAs developed to address problems of working class women in large cities. This site shows, through an overview with accompanying source documents, how the YWCA in one city, Baltimore, worked to address such issues across racial lines.
A pioneer African American woman in the field of educational psychology, Prosser was also one of the first black women to earn a Ph.D.
Minnie Whitney describes sharecropping in the late 19th and early 20th century. Includes audio.
