Du Bois credited church women for most Black social betterment work in 1909

Evidence

In the 1909 Atlanta University study of social betterment activities among African Americans, Du Bois attributed the greater part of such activities to the black church and specifically to church women. — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 113

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Black church women were central to the church’s public role as racial self-help — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 37; Black Baptist women saw their domestic teaching role as decisive for racial uplift — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 388; Women’s collective labor, not just exceptional preachers, powered black Baptist churches — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 40

Broader Connections

• Black church women were central to the church’s public role as racial self-help #corroborates (0.88) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 37
• Women’s collective labor, not just exceptional preachers, powered black Baptist churches #corroborates (0.82) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 40
• Black Baptist women saw their domestic teaching role as decisive for racial uplift #expands (0.78) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 388