Baptist women raised thousands to build girls’ dormitories at denominational colleges

Evidence

Similarly, in 1900 the women of Missouri initiated a campaign to raise $2500 for the construction of a girls’ dormitory at the Baptist College in Macon, Missouri. — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 365

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Women’s collective labor, not just exceptional preachers, powered black Baptist churches — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 40; Black Baptist women prized institutions owned and staffed by their own race — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 308; Black Baptist women made education the race’s central hope through moral suasion and fund-raising — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 316 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Black Baptist women made education the race’s central hope through moral suasion and fund-raising #exemplifies (0.90) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 316
• Women’s collective labor, not just exceptional preachers, powered black Baptist churches #exemplifies (0.85) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 40
• Black Baptist women deliberately cultivated organizational growth techniques #exemplifies (0.82) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 772
• Black Baptist women prized institutions owned and staffed by their own race #exemplifies (0.80) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 308