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Churchwomen & Clubwomen Flashcards

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Who wrote “The Status of Woman in America”?

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Anna Julia Cooper

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Who was Anna Julia Cooper?

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  • Degrees from Oberlin & PhD from the Sorbonne
  • Taught at M Street School & Dunbar High School
  • Wrote “A Voice From the South”
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In “The Status of Woman in America”, how is suffering viewed?

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Suffering is pedagogical

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In “The Status of Woman in America”, why should more attention be given to the condition of AA women?

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As the most oppressed of the oppressed, they are best represent the existential condition of AA in general

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In “The Status of Woman in America”, how is suffering pedagogical?

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Hardships encountered are evil but gives them a unique insight into the needs of the country and unique role in the uplift of the race

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Who does Cooper use as an example of the importance of women in “The Status of Woman in America”?

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Queen Isabella: enabled Columbus to give civilisation to America

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According to “The Status of Woman in America”, why are women now needed more than ever before?

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Focus on material property and luxury

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Why does the colored woman occupy a unique position, according to “The Status of Woman in America”?

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She is confronted by both a woman question and a race problem

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Why is the input of the colored woman important, according to “The Status of Woman in America”?

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She stands calm and aloof as a spectator

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Who wrote “Intellectual Progress of the Colored Women”?

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Fannie Barrier Williams

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Who was Fannie Barrier Williams?

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  • Established a training school for nurses and a hospital for both races
  • Speeches to the World’s Congress of Representative Women and World’s Parliament of Religions
  • Founded League of Colored Women in 1893
  • Contributed to the Chicago Record-Herald and New York Age
  • Founding member of the National Association of Colored Women
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According to “Intellectual Progress of Colored Women”, what caused the condition of AA women?

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  • Not the result of a ‘weak’ nature or other inherent flaw

- Suffered because of discrimination, yet have continually shown themselves to be capable

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In “Intellectual Progress of Colored Women”, what unique position is the AA woman in?

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A unique position to transform society

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According to “Intellectual Progress of Colored Women”, where are women powerful?

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In the churches, like white women

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According to “Intellectual Progress of Colored Women”, what are the only 2 forms of work open to AA women?

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Teaching & menial work

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What are the “Letters on the Second Exodus”?

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Part of migrant material collected by the NAACP in its effort to assist newcomers to Chicago

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What do the “Letters on the Second Exodus” show about the great migration?

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That large numbers are leaving Georgia for Chicago (and other northern cities)

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What do the “Letters on the Second Exodus” show about church ties?

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Importance of maintaining old church ties

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Who wrote “Social Work at Olivet Baptist Church”?

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S. Mattie Fisher

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Who was the minister at Olivet Baptist Church in 1918?

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Lacy KirkWilliams

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Who was S. Mattie Fisher?

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One of the first black social workers in the USA

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What social work was carried out in “Social Work at Olivet Baptist Church”?

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Neighbourhood Survey in 1918 to find out how best to help the migrants

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According to “Social Work at Olivet Baptist Church”, what is most important?

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A trained ministry: people need more teaching than preaching

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Who gave “Report of the Work of Baptist Women”?

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Nannie Burroughs

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Who was Nannie Burroughs?
- Corresponding Secretary of the Woman's Convention of the National Baptist Convention for 48 years - Became president in 1948 - 1900 speech: "How the Sisters Are Hindered from Helping" - 1909: established National Training School for Women & Girls
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What was "Report of the Work of Baptist Women"?
A 1920 report to the National Baptist Convention
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In "Report of the Work of Baptist Women", what do they want to replace shouting with?
Service
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In "Report of the Work of Baptist Women", what is raising money secondary to?
Raising the moral standard
29
In "Report of the Work of Baptist Women", what needs to change with preaching?
Preach too much heaven and too little practical Christian living
30
According to "Report of the Work of Baptist Women", what are 4 causes of the great migration?
1. Lynching 2. Low wages 3. Jim-Crow cars 4. Lack of educational opportunities
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In "Report of the Work of Baptist Women", what are 2 traps recent migrants can fall into?
1. Danger of squandering money | 2. Spend too much time on the streets
32
In what year did women gain the vote in the USA?
1920
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According to "Report of the Work of Baptist Women", what are 4 reasons why Negro women took little part in the fight for the ballot?
1. White women thought it might prejudice their cause 2. Colored men have a bad political record 3. Women now competing with men in most industries/ areas 4. Deemed it unwise to rock the boat
34
According to "Report of the Work of Baptist Women", what are 7 reasons why women will be of value in the affairs of government?
1. God has educated woman's hearts 2. Rare quality of patient courage 3. More God-fearing men in public service because there will be more public-spirited women to watch them 4. No man ever did a good job unless some woman had a part in it 5. Sufferings and sacrifices have trained women for a high civilisation 6. She is the world's uncrowned hero 7. For her sufferings, she deserves suffrage
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Who wrote "A Letter from the "Foreign Field""?
Lula Cooper
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What is "A Letter from the "Foreign Field"?
Contribution to the "Letters from the Foreign Field" section of the Mission Herald, with a report to J.E. East, Secretary of the National Baptist Foreign Mission Board
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From where was the "Letter from the "Foreign Field"" sent?
Suehn Industrial Mission, Liberia
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Who wrote "Crusade for Justice"?
Ida B. Wells
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What was "Crusade for Justice"?
An autobiography
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In "Crusade for Justice", why did IBW refuse to give a tour?
She couldn't talk about lynching
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In "Crusade for Justice", what famous feminist did IBW connect with?
Susan B. Anthony
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In "Crusade for Justice", what did Susan B. Anthony stop colored women for doing?
Forming their own branch of the Women's Equal Suffrage Association
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According to "Crusade for Justice", what was IBW accused of doing in Kansas City?
The way in which she brought up lynch law was apparently doing more harm to her race
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Who wrote "A Sunday Morning in the South"?
Georgia Douglas Johnson
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What was "A Sunday Morning in the South"?
A play written in 1925, on the topic of lynching
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What was special about "A Sunday Morning in the South"?
First play to deal truthfully with the issue of alleged interracial rape of white women and and dramatise white women's complicity in the lynching ritual
47
What is the plot of "A Sunday Morning in the South"?
Tom Griggs is lynched for the alleged rape of a white woman
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Who wrote "Black Souls"?
Annie Nathan Meyer
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What themes does "Black Souls" engage with?
- White women's desire for black men - Sexual exploitation of black women by white men - Contrasting ideas among black Americans on the most effective ways to work against the forces of repression and for self-affirmation - Hypocrisy of a nation which sends black soldiers overseas to fight for freedom, yet permits lynchings
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What was the criticism of "Black Souls"?
One of the earliest known lynching dramas by a white woman: unconvincing and inauthentic black characters (David Lewis)
51
What is the plot of "Black Souls"?
- Andrew Morgan trying to get money for his school (BTW model) - Ulysses and Corinne thinking of starting their own school - David accuses Andrew of succumbing to white supremacy - David had previously had an affair with Luella - Verne says Andrew cannot afford to stop the lynching - Verne rapes Phyllis - David lynched
52
What is "Black Souls"?
A lynching play
53
Who wrote "Lawd, Does You Undabstan?"?
Ann Seymour Link
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What is "Lawd, Does You Undabstan?"?
A lynching play published in 1936
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What is the plot of "Lawd, Does You Undabstan?"?
- Doady poisons Jim to save him from the pain of being lynched - Man declares that they have found the real killer - Jim already dead
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Who wrote "A Colored Woman in a White World"?
Mary Church Terrell
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What boards was Mary Church Terrell on?
1895: First black woman to be appointed to the DC Board of education 1896: First president of the National Association of Colored Women 1909: Charter member of the NAACP 1949: first black member of the Washington chapter of the American Association of University Women
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What are MCT's most famous speeches?
1898: "The Progress of Colored Women" before the National American Women's Suffrage Association 1904: Spoke at the Berlin International Congress of Women 1919: Addressed the delegates of the International League for Peace and Freedom 1937: Represented Black American women at the World Fellowship of Faiths in London
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According to "A Colored Woman in a White World", what is the difference between black and white women?
White woman only has to overcome the handicap of her sex
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What lynching inspired MCT?
1892 lynching of Tom Moss
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According to "A Colored Woman in a White World, what did lynchings cause MCT to marvel at?
The colored man's continued loyalty to the Christian religion
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In "A Colored Woman in a White World", what are the points of her lectures?
Show how well African Americans had done and disproving stereotypes
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In "A Colored Woman in a White World", what is MCT's relationship with BTW?
Agreed that a well-trained labouring class was needed, but felt he emphasised industrial training at the exclusion of everything else (Tuskegee later converted her)
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In "A Colored Woman in a White World", what did MCT call on women to do?
Use the franchise
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In "A Colored Woman in a White World", what is MCT worried about?
That the youth will lose their faith in religion, unless the church becomes more active