Black suffragists after the American/National split
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Black suffragists after the American/National split
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As Lucy Stone’s American Woman Suffrage Assoc and Stanton/Anthony’s National WSA warred through the 1870’s, where were African-American women? Mostly erased, it turns out. A handful of Black women joined each, but Rosalyn Terborg-Penn said it’s hard to know if there were more since white suffragists literally wrote them out of the narrative.
So we can assume there were other Af-Am suffragists, even in those post-war years when freed people's needs were top priority. I’m going to tell a few of their stories over the days ahead. #Suffrage100
Caroline Remond Putnam was an African-American businesswoman who ran a successful wig factory & salon in Salem, Mass. In January 1870, shortly after the American/National split, AWSA organized a state affiliate in Massachusetts. At the founding meeting, Caroline Putnam was a delegate and elected to the board executive committee. While we don’t know much about her suffrage activities, R. Terborg-Penn says we can presume she stayed active until 1885, when she left the US to join her sister Sarah Remond M.D. in Italy. #BlackSuffragists #Suffrage100
In today's post for @BlkPerspectives, we kick off our online forum on the life and work of Dr. Rosalyn Terborg-Penn with an essay from Sasha Turner (@DrSashaTurner), "Rosalyn Terborg-Penn's African #Feminist Theory and Praxis" -- https://t.co/7tWpaIJJCs @AAIHS pic.twitter.com/Jg0Usd2vMz
— Black Perspectives (@BlkPerspectives) October 21, 2019
So we can assume there were other Af-Am suffragists, even in those post-war years when freed people's needs were top priority. I’m going to tell a few of their stories over the days ahead. #Suffrage100
Caroline Remond Putnam was an African-American businesswoman who ran a successful wig factory & salon in Salem, Mass. In January 1870, shortly after the American/National split, AWSA organized a state affiliate in Massachusetts. At the founding meeting, Caroline Putnam was a delegate and elected to the board executive committee. While we don’t know much about her suffrage activities, R. Terborg-Penn says we can presume she stayed active until 1885, when she left the US to join her sister Sarah Remond M.D. in Italy. #BlackSuffragists #Suffrage100
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Daily Suffragist
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14/11/2019
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Daily Suffragist, “Black suffragists after the American/National split,” Daily Suffragist, accessed April 19, 2024, https://dailysuffragist.omeka.net/items/show/156.