Gender, Race, and Politics in the Midwest: Black Club Women in Illinois (Blacks in the Diaspora)

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“… Hendricks adds greatly to our figuring out of change and continuity on this essential period of women’s history.” — American Historical Review

From 1890 to 1920, African American club women in Illinois and other Midwestern states created hundreds of female associations and was social and political agents of reform and community uplift. Through their very own volunteerism and fundraising they combated the issues of homelessness, unemployment, illiteracy, and poor health care that plagued their communities. The Illinois club women also played a number one role within the election of the primary black alderman in Chicago. That is their inspiring story.


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