A single mother achieved national black leadership without a husband’s support

Evidence

In 1894 Layten established residence in Philadelphia, where her father and mother had moved not long before. Her father had assumed the pastorate of Shiloh Baptist Church in the city, and she relocated there in order to join her parents. Layten remained in Philadelphia for the duration of her life. No mention is ever made of Layten’s husband in her own speeches and writings, in her father’s writings, or in biographical treatments of her. Layten moved to Philadelphia as a single parent with a young daughter, and she rose to national stature without the presence of a husband. — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 732

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Women’s organizational leadership raised both their own and their husbands’ power — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 315; A national women’s constituency let ex-slaves’ daughters achieve recognition otherwise denied them — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 779; Great Mother goddesses were powerful because they had no husband. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 368 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Great Mother goddesses were powerful because they had no husband. #exemplifies (0.80) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 368
• Black leaders sacrificed feminism to appear conservative and gain racial acceptance #complicates (0.75) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 510