All Bound Up Together: The Woman Question in African American Public Culture, 1830-1900 (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)

The place of women's rights in African American public culture has been an enduring question, one that has long engaged activists, commentators, & scholars. All Bound Up Together explores the roles black women played in their communities' social movements & the consequences of elevating women into positions of visibility & leadership. Martha Jones reveals how, through the nineteenth century, the "woman question" was at the core of movements against slavery & for civil rights. Unlike white women activists, who often created their own institutions separate from men, black women, Jones explains, often organized within already existing institutions--churches, political organizations, mutual aid societies, & schools. Covering three generations of black women activists, Jones demonstrates that their approach was not unanimous or monolithic but changed over time & took a variety of forms, from a woman's right to control her body to her right to vote. Through a far-ranging look at politics, church, & social life, Jones demonstrates how women have helped shape the course of black public culture. Martha S. Jones is the Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor & professor of history at Johns Hopkins University. She is president of the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians, the oldest & largest association of women historians in the United States, & she sits on the executive board of the Organization of American Historians. Martha S. Jones is also an associate professor of history & Afroamerican & African studies (Arthur F. Thurnau Professor) & visiting professor of law at the University of Michigan. Author of Birthright Citizens & All Bound Up Together, she has written for The Washington Post, The Atlantic, USA Today, & more. She lives in Baltimore, MD. The place of women's rights in African American public culture has been an enduring question, one that has long engaged activists, commentators, and scholars. All Bound Up Together explores the roles black women played in their communities' social movements and the consequences of elevating women into positions of visibility and leadership. Martha Jones reveals how, through the nineteenth century, the "woman question" was at the core of movements against slavery and for civil rights. Unlike white women activists, who often created their own institutions separate from men, black women, Jones explains, often organized within already existing institutions--churches, political organizations, mutual aid societies, and schools. Covering three generations of black women activists, Jones demonstrates that their approach was not unanimous or monolithic but changed over time and took a variety of forms, from a woman's right to control her body to her right to vote. Through a far-ranging look at politics, church, and social life, Jones demonstrates how women have helped shape the course of black public culture. The place of women's rights in African American public culture has been an enduring question, one that has long engaged activists, commentators, and scholars. All Bound Up Together explores the roles black women played in their communities' social movements and the consequences of elevating women into positions of visibility and leadership. Martha Jones reveals how, through the nineteenth century, the woman question was at the core of movements against slavery and for civil rights. Unlike white women activists, who often created their own institutions separate from men, black women, Jones explains, often organized within already existing institutions - churches, political organizations, mutual aid societies, and schools. Covering three generations of black women activists, Jones demonstrates that their approach was not unanimous or monolithic but changed over time and took a variety of forms, from a woman's right to control her body to her right to vote. Through a far-ranging look at politics, church, and social life, Jones demonstrates how women have helped shape the course of black public culture The place of women's rights in African American public culture has been an enduring question, one that has long engaged activists, commentators, and scholars. This book explores the roles black women played in their communities' social movements, and the consequences of elevating women into positions of visibility and leadership. It reveals how, through the 19th century, the 'woman question' was at the core of movements against slavery and for civil rights. The book explains that, like white women activists, who often created their own institutions separate from men, black women often organized within already existing institutions: churches, political organizations, mutual aid societies, and schools Female Influence Is Powerful: Respectability, Responsibility, And Setting The Terms Of The Woman Question Debate -- Right Is Of No Sex: Reframing The Debate Through The Rights Of Women -- Not A Woman's Rights Convention: Remaking Public Culture In The Era Of Dred Scott V. Sanford -- Something Very Novel And Strange: Civil War, Emancipation, And The Remaking Of African American Public Culture -- Make Us A Power: Churchwomen's Politics And The Campaign For Women's Rights -- Too Much Useless Male Timber: The Nadir, The Woman's Era, And The Question Of Women's Ordination. Martha S. Jones. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 209-300) And Index. This volume explores the roles black women played in their communities' social movements and the consequences of elevating women into positions of visibility and leadership. Martha Jones reveals how, throughout the 19th century, the "woman question" was at the core of movements against slavery and for civil rights