Black Baptist newspapers ran routine domestic columns aimed at women readers

Evidence

A “woman’s column” appeared in many black Baptist newspapers. The column featured articles on etiquette, marriage, home management, recipes, and the spiritual elevation of the black family. At a meeting of black Baptists in 1887, the Baptist Tribune of South Carolina, the American Baptist of Louisville, and the Baptist Journal of St. Louis were especially commended for their women’s column. … The National Baptist World of Wichita, Kansas, carried the column “Women and Home,” which included articles on hairstyles, recipes, tests of good breeding, and physical exercise for back ailments. — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 372

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Black Baptist women’s columns openly challenged domestic and marital norms — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 375; Black Baptist women built community through a network of denomination-owned newspapers — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 371; Black Baptist women fused a rhetoric of war with one of domesticity — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 670 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Black Baptist women fused a rhetoric of war with one of domesticity #expands (0.82) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 670
• Black Baptist women strategically mixed war and domestic imagery to justify public activism #expands (0.80) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 670