Intersectional Analysis of Voting Rights for Women
Location
Ponderosa Room D
Presentation Type
Presentation
Presentation Topic
suffrage, African American women
Start Date
3-3-2023 2:30 PM
Event Sort Order
44
Abstract
Women have faced many barriers to vote in America. The media and schools mostly focus on white women’s perspective in the early suffrage movement and on black men’s activism in the 1960s. This paper takes an intersectional approach that shows how important African American women have been in the movement for the vote. They faced both race and gender. The primary resources for this paper come from Sojourner Truth and Anna Julia Cooper for the early suffrage period, and Anne Moody and Fannie Lou Hamer from the 1960s. This study reveals a line of historical continuity that leads to women like Stacey Abrams of Georgia who is significant in activism for voting right today.
Intersectional Analysis of Voting Rights for Women
Ponderosa Room D
Women have faced many barriers to vote in America. The media and schools mostly focus on white women’s perspective in the early suffrage movement and on black men’s activism in the 1960s. This paper takes an intersectional approach that shows how important African American women have been in the movement for the vote. They faced both race and gender. The primary resources for this paper come from Sojourner Truth and Anna Julia Cooper for the early suffrage period, and Anne Moody and Fannie Lou Hamer from the 1960s. This study reveals a line of historical continuity that leads to women like Stacey Abrams of Georgia who is significant in activism for voting right today.
Presenter Bio
I am a first-generation college student with a learning disability and plan to graduate in May 2023. My major is Sociology with minors in Women’s & Gender Studies and Social Work. I grew up in Hastings – fun fact – the birthplace of Kool-Aid! I work at Starbucks and love collecting Starbucks cups as a hobby!