| Description |
xi, 272 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-260) and index. |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Pt. 1. The Trailblazers. Ch. 2. Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm (D-N.Y.) 1969-1982. Ch. 3. Barbara Charline Jordan (D-Tex.) 1973-1978. Ch. 4. Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (D-Calif.) 1973-1978. Ch. 5. Cardiss Robertson Collins (D-Ill.) 1973-1996. Ch. 6. Katie Beatrice Green Hall (D-Ind.) 1982-1984 -- Pt. 2. The Urban Women of the 102d Congress. Ch. 7. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) 1991-. Ch. 8. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) 1991-. Ch. 9. Barbara-Rose Collins (D-Mich.) 1991-1996 -- Pt. 3. The U. S. Senate. Ch. 10. Carol Moseley-Braun (D-Ill.) 1993- -- Pt. 4. The Southern Women of the 103rd and 104th Congresses. Ch. 11. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.) 1993-. Ch. 12. Carrie Pittman Meek (D-Fla.) 1993-. Ch. 13. Cynthia Ann McKinney (D-Ga.) 1993-. Ch. 14. Eva McPherson Clayton (D-N.C.) 1993-. Ch. 15. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Tex.) 1993-. Ch. 16. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Fla.) 1995-. Ch. 17. Epilogue -- Appendix. African Americans in the U.S. Congress, 1870-1996. |
| Summary |
This remarkable book by LaVerne Gill preserves the history of the struggles and accomplishments of fifteen courageous women, and will move others to learn from and follow their example. Readers are introduced to issues of vital importance to the Black community - Reconstruction, enfranchisement, lynching, civil rights struggles, the founding of advocacy groups, the power of the Congressional Black Caucus, the creation of majority minority districts that allowed greater. |
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representation in Congress, the struggle of largely Black Washington, D.C., for representation, and the recent dismantling of past gains by a Republican majority. Gill also describes the uphill battles for social justice and the rights of women that the fifteen women had to wage even within their own political parties, political organizations, and districts. |
| Subject |
African American women legislators -- Biography.
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United States. Congress -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0813523524 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780813523521 cloth alkaline paper |
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0813523532 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780813523538 paperback alkaline paper |
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