The 1919 arrests united classes and introduced women to politics

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 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Upper-class Egyptian women entered politics through the 1919 demonstrations — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 820; In the 1930s black and white women pursued divergent political priorities — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 502

Related

• In the 1930s black and white women pursued divergent political priorities (similarity 0.86)
• Upper-class Egyptian women entered politics through the 1919 demonstrations (similarity 0.85)
• White suffragists prioritized their own status over black political rights in the vote conflict. (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• In the 1930s black and white women pursued divergent political priorities #expands (0.40) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 502