Black Baptist women faced pulpit and voice denial even among supportive male leaders

Evidence

Some women were denied the opportunity to speak publicly. “Others have been rebuked and abused,” wrote Mary Cook of her Kentucky sisters’ experiences, “but they held on and say they are determined to work till the last dollar [on the university] is paid.” — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 340

Categorization

• SHARE: The image of women working until the last dollar on the university is paid despite abuse is a vivid, moving detail for those interested in the history of black education funding.
• XREF: connects to: Black women feminists policed their own claims against clerical office. — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 613; Male denominational leaders tried to subordinate autonomous black women’s organizations — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 738; Black women leaders contested the equation of church authority with ordination — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 367 (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• Male denominational leaders tried to subordinate autonomous black women’s organizations #corroborates (0.85) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 738
• Black male leaders treated gender equality as secondary to racial struggle #corroborates (0.82) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 506
• Black women leaders contested the equation of church authority with ordination #complicates (0.80) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 367
• The black church simultaneously united and divided men and women by gender #exemplifies (0.75) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 702
• Black Baptist women held a double consciousness of simultaneous separateness and alliance #expands (0.72) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 390