Talk with You Like a Woman
African American Women, Justice, and Reform in New York, 1890-1935
Cheryl D. Hicks
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 12/2010
Pages: 392
Subject: Social Science
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Print ISBN: 9.78E+12
eBook ISBN: 9780807882320
DESCRIPTION
In need of support as they navigated the discriminatory labor and housing markets and contended with poverty, maternity, and domestic violence, black women instead found themselves subject to hostility from black leaders, urban reformers, and the police. Still, these black working-class women struggled to uphold their own standards of respectable womanhood. Through their actions as well as their words, they challenged prevailing views regarding black women and morality in urban America. Drawing on extensive archival research, Hicks explores the complexities of black working-class women's lives and illuminates the impact of racism and sexism on early-twentieth-century urban reform and criminal justice initiatives.