Bibliograph

Better living by their own bootstraps, Black women's activism in rural Arkansas, 1914-1965, Cherisse Jones-Branch

Type

Label

Better living by their own bootstraps, Black women's activism in rural Arkansas, 1914-1965, Cherisse Jones-Branch

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Better living by their own bootstraps

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1196821801

Responsibility statement

Cherisse Jones-Branch

Series statement

Arkansas history

Sub title

Black women's activism in rural Arkansas, 1914-1965

Summary

"Better Living by Their Own Bootstraps is the first major study to consider Black women's activism in rural Arkansas. The text explores Arkansas's rural history to foreground Black women's navigation of racial and gender politics as a means to uplift African Americans, develop opportunities for social mobility, and subvert the formidable structures of white supremacy during the Jim Crow years"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Arkansas Jeanes Supervising Industrial Teachers -- Home Demonstration Agents in Rural Black Arkansas Communities -- African American Women's Activism in Rural Black Communities during the World War I Years -- The 1927 Mississippi River Flood and Agrarian Activism in 1930s Arkansas -- The State Council of Home Demonstration Clubs -- The Arkansas Association of Colored Women -- World War II -- The Negro Division of the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation Negro Division and the Spirit of Cotton Pageant -- Rural Activism in 1950s Arkansas -- Ethel B. Dawson and the National Council of Churches of Christ Home Missions Division -- The National Negro Home Demonstration Agents Association -- Annie Zachary Pike, an Arkansas Homemaker, Politician Activist

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