Join Dr. Wanda Hendricks, author of Fannie Barrier Williams: Crossing the Borders of Region and Race, for a virtual panel titled Chicago’s African American Women in the Fight for the Vote. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Black women played an active role in the struggle for universal suffrage. Chicago was a vibrant scene of political meetings, conventions, and organized societies where African American women outlined strategies to gain the right to vote. Yet despite their efforts, Black women were often marginalized from these struggles based on their race.
In a conversation moderated by the Newberry’s Liesl Olson and co-sponsored by the National Women’s History Museum and the Newberry Library, scholars Tikia K. Hamilton, Wanda Hendricks, and Kenvi Phillips will explore the role of African American women in the fight for suffrage.
