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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?

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  • 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”?

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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?

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Service

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In “Report of the Work of Baptist Women”, what is raising money secondary to?

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Raising the moral standard

29
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In “Report of the Work of Baptist Women”, what needs to change with preaching?

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Preach too much heaven and too little practical Christian living

30
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According to “Report of the Work of Baptist Women”, what are 4 causes of the great migration?

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  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?

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  1. Danger of squandering money

2. Spend too much time on the streets

32
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In what year did women gain the vote in the USA?

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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?

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  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
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According to “Report of the Work of Baptist Women”, what are 7 reasons why women will be of value in the affairs of government?

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  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””?

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Lula Cooper

36
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What is “A Letter from the “Foreign Field”?

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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?

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Suehn Industrial Mission, Liberia

38
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Who wrote “Crusade for Justice”?

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Ida B. Wells

39
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What was “Crusade for Justice”?

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An autobiography

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In “Crusade for Justice”, why did IBW refuse to give a tour?

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She couldn’t talk about lynching

41
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In “Crusade for Justice”, what famous feminist did IBW connect with?

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Susan B. Anthony

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In “Crusade for Justice”, what did Susan B. Anthony stop colored women for doing?

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Forming their own branch of the Women’s Equal Suffrage Association

43
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According to “Crusade for Justice”, what was IBW accused of doing in Kansas City?

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The way in which she brought up lynch law was apparently doing more harm to her race

44
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Who wrote “A Sunday Morning in the South”?

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Georgia Douglas Johnson

45
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What was “A Sunday Morning in the South”?

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A play written in 1925, on the topic of lynching

46
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What was special about “A Sunday Morning in the South”?

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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
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What is the plot of “A Sunday Morning in the South”?

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Tom Griggs is lynched for the alleged rape of a white woman

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Who wrote “Black Souls”?

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Annie Nathan Meyer

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What themes does “Black Souls” engage with?

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  • 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”?

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One of the earliest known lynching dramas by a white woman: unconvincing and inauthentic black characters (David Lewis)

51
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What is the plot of “Black Souls”?

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  • 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
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What is “Black Souls”?

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A lynching play

53
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Who wrote “Lawd, Does You Undabstan?”?

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Ann Seymour Link

54
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What is “Lawd, Does You Undabstan?”?

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A lynching play published in 1936

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What is the plot of “Lawd, Does You Undabstan?”?

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  • 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”?

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Mary Church Terrell

57
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What boards was Mary Church Terrell on?

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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?

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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?

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White woman only has to overcome the handicap of her sex

60
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What lynching inspired MCT?

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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?

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The colored man’s continued loyalty to the Christian religion

62
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In “A Colored Woman in a White World”, what are the points of her lectures?

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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?

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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?

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Use the franchise

65
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In “A Colored Woman in a White World”, what is MCT worried about?

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That the youth will lose their faith in religion, unless the church becomes more active

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