In the 1930s black and white women pursued divergent political priorities

Evidence

Black women activists were not the only group of women to shift their attention away from women’s rights issues. Because much of the energy of female activists had focused on the vote, once it was obtained many women saw no further need for a women’s movement. Although white women in the Woman’s Party continued feminist struggle, black women were rarely active participants. Their energies were focused on resisting mounting racial oppression. While white women’s rights advocates struggled in 1933 to get the Senate to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, black women activists were fighting to prevent the lynching of black women and men by mobs of white racists, to improve the conditions of masses of poverty-stricken black people, and to provide educational opportunities. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 502

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Black women faced pressure from both whites and blacks to separate racism from sexism — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 46; Suffrage politics trapped black women between racist feminists and sexist black men; Early black feminists were isolated from both black communities and the white feminist movement — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 17 (+3 more)

Related

• White suffragists prioritized their own status over black political rights in the vote conflict. (similarity 0.93)
• The women’s rights movement exposed white women’s refusal to surrender white supremacy. (similarity 0.86)
• The 1919 arrests united classes and introduced women to politics (similarity 0.86)
• Black women faced pressure from both whites and blacks to separate racism from sexism (similarity 0.86)
• Both white and black patriarchies framed feminism as opposition to black liberation. (similarity 0.86)
• Black women organized separately after white women’s racism barred them (similarity 0.85)
• Early black feminists were isolated from both black communities and the white feminist movement (similarity 0.85)
• Black women needed a separate feminist intellectual tradition (similarity 0.85)
• Historians have excluded black women from accounts of the women’s rights movement (similarity 0.85)
• White suffragists opposed black male suffrage out of racial hierarchy concerns. (similarity 0.84)
• The 60s women’s movement structurally repeated the earlier movement’s racism. (similarity 0.84)
• Racial alliances superseded feminist solidarity between black and white women (similarity 0.84)
• Black women rejected the movement’s execution, not feminism’s ideology. (similarity 0.84)
• Black women faced a double bind between racist white feminists and patriarchal black leaders (similarity 0.84)
• Most black women chose the black patriarchy over the feminist movement. (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Black women organized separately after white women’s racism barred them #exemplifies (0.70)
• Black women faced pressure from both whites and blacks to separate racism from sexism #expands (0.60) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 46
• Suffrage politics trapped black women between racist feminists and sexist black men #exemplifies (0.60)
• Early black feminists were isolated from both black communities and the white feminist movement #exemplifies (0.60) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 17