Black Women and Politics in New York City

by Julie A. Gallagher

An essential contribution to twentieth-century political history, Black Women and Politics in New York City documents African American women in New York City fighting for justice, civil rights, and equality in the turbulent world of formal politics from the suffrage and women's rights movements to the feminist era of the 1970s.

Historian and human rights activist Julie A. Gallagher deftly examines how race, gender, and the structure of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252080564
• ISBN13: 9780252080562
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 16 years and up