Black Baptist women’s self-representation struggle extended beyond church disputes to claim American identity itself.

Evidence

The discursive effort of self-representation, of re-figuring themselves individually and collectively, was an immense one—stretching well beyond the limited context of their relationship with black Baptist men and white Baptists. Members of the Woman’s Convention certainly continued to advance themes of racial self-determination and women’s rights within the denomination, but they also positioned race and gender themes within the context of an American identity. — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 855

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 fused a rhetoric of war with one of domesticity — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 670; Rising racial solidarity among black Baptists ran parallel to rising gender consciousness among women — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 709 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Meeting spaces let black Baptist women define themselves against racist depiction #exemplifies (0.85) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 854
• Black Baptist women wielded respectability as a weapon against biological racism #exemplifies (0.82) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 882
• Black Baptist women’s columns openly challenged domestic and marital norms #expands (0.78) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 375
• Black Baptist women fused a rhetoric of war with one of domesticity #expands (0.75) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 670
• Rising racial solidarity among black Baptists ran parallel to rising gender consciousness among women #expands (0.74) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 709