Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Climbing the Hilltop: New Negro Womanhood at Howard University; 2 Make Me Beautiful: Aesthetic Discourses of New Negro Womanhood; 3 Performing and Politicizing "Ladyhood": Black Washington Women and New Negro Suffrage Activism; 4 Saturday at the S Street Salon: New Negro Women Playwrights; Conclusion: Turn-of-the-Century Black Womanhood; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Summary
Home to established African American institutions and communities, Washington, D.C., offered women in the New Negro movement a unique setting for the fight against racial and gender oppression. 'Colored No More' traces how African American women of the late-19th and early 20th century made significant strides toward making the nation's capital a more equal and dynamic urban centre.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-176) and index.
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