Essay Response
Respond to two peers that make a contribution to the historical discussion with at least 100 words for each required response due Saturday. Research must be done in the library using JSTOR database or other sources that are creditable.
Jermaine Clay
As we all Know that women have been given the short end of the stick for many years, especially African American women. I would like to pay homage to a great African- American woman leader from my hometown Chicago, by the name of Ida B. Wells. Ida B. Wells along with many other women were not allowed to be in a position of power. Voting control, the way the country is ran and during the 1800’s and 1900’s women were not given that right. It took strong individuals such as Mrs. Wells her to force this change into effect. Let’s explore her journey and how she was able to help get women the rights to vote and how she took power into her own hands. While remembering that because of this act alone women are now able to vote and be in office. Such as Vice President KeMala Harris.
Mrs. Wells was born on July 16,1862 in Mississippi, born into a world where her life will be a struggle not only because the color of her skin but also because of her gender. She was determining to change the world for women all over. By becoming “civil rights advocate, journalist, and feminist”. Despite the fact she was a “slave” who stilled got her education at “Rust College”. She couldn’t finish because “her parents died and she lost a sibling due to yellow fever outbreaks”. But she didn’t stop “she became a teacher and took care of her family”. Later she became an owner of two newspapers: “The Mississippi Free Speech and Headlight and Free Speech”. She demanded that the “president make reforms to lynching”. In “1913 she founded the Alpha Suffrage Club in Chicago” Along with other brave things she did, the club “played a crucial role in the victory of woman suffrage”. She died in 1931 in Chicago and she will truly be missed.
In conclusion this woman who was born facing all odds overcame every obstacle and became a great leader for women all over the world. She faces problems head on and took the short in of the sticks and combined them and achieved unity and greatest. She has been awarding for her bravery, hard work, and dedication to the people. A house stands in her name today as a reminder of just her great she was located in Chicago, Illinois and the “Pulitzer Prize” was also given to her. So, because this of one woman many other women can succeed. Because they know it can be done.
Ida B. Wells January 13,2022 retrieved from
https://www.nps.gov/people/idabwells.htm
Ida B. Wells January 13,2022 retrieved from
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Memphis_Diary_of_Ida_B_Wells/PjqS0NaN-4gC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=IDA+B+WELLS&pg=PR19&printsec=frontcover
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Glenda Duran Quintero
With so many historic figures during a time when African Americans needed their voice and actions heard we tend to only name a list of male African American leaders. In a time where black men were barely considered equal, black women were less of that. The fight for equal rights after the reconstruction era was fought by black men and women of all ages. Although this battle for rights was for both sexes, black women were dismissed by their own black male counterparts. With everything stopping them from having a voice, women were still able to gather and motivate other women and men to keep fighting for their rights. Many women-led organizations were rallied and grouped in the late 1800’s. Many of these were motivated by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper a well-known writer and African American feminist.
Harper was born in Baltimore in 1825 to free black parents, she attended the academy of Negro Youth and later studied rhetoric and composition. In 1867 she began to travel to small cities and lecture young black students, especially black women on the male aggression brought to them by both races. She taught and wrote essays on arranged marriages and abusive husbands and fathers. This was an ongoing issue during this time and Harper shamed the government for not taking action for these crimes and letting the abuse continue to happen. She also wrote essays exposing the truth about lynching. Lynching was often published in newspapers as a punishment for a black American crime, when the truth was that black Americans were being murdered. Her writings made her the most successful black female journalist in her time. Giving her the opportunity to be the first woman to speak at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
During the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, she delivered a very motivational speech that later motivated other women groups in the late 1890’s such as the Women’s Loyal Union, The Colored Women’s League of Washington D.C and The Women’s Era Club of Boston. Her speech included the involvement of black women in public and economic life; she believed a women’s abilities were too valuable to be ignored. In the late 1800’s only a white woman’s skills and creations were worthy of attention in the limited amount of women’s buildings. Her speech also set the agenda for middle class black women. With many organizations forming this was now known as the “Women’s Era” a name given by Harper. Harper was able to influence an era filled with black women expressing their opinions and speaking in public forms such as newspapers and schools. This era filled with organizations mentioned before were able to educate public school teachers and provide daycare for working mothers. Harper was now a part of a new era where women were standing up and fighting for their equal rights.
A leader is someone that not only paves the way for others but also demonstrates how to pave their own path. Harper’s lectures and writings were able to reach a much-needed community. Harper fought for female black students to have the same educational experience as those to black men. With her most inspiring quote being “demand justice, simple justice, as the right to every race”. This quote was able to uplift groups with similar mindsets and gave them the power to continue to fight for equal rights. Not only was she able to influence others to great achievements she had many memorable achievements herself, she was the first black woman to obtain a Ph.D. at the age of 60 years old. Woman like Harper is the reason why so many battles were won in the fight for equal rights to all.
Resources
Robin D. G. Kelley and Earl Lewis (2005) To Make Our World Anew: Volume II : a History of African Americans Since 1880 Oxford University Press USA-OSO
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/apus/detail.action?docID=679615
Mary Ellen Snodgrass (2011) The Civil War Era and Reconstruction Taylor & Francis Group
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/apus/detail.action?pq-origsite=primo&docID=2005320
France, H. (2014). Colored women’s league. In L. E. Ford, Facts on File library of American history:
Encyclopedia of women and American politics (2nd ed.). Facts On File.
https://search-credoreference-com.ezproxy2.apus.edu/content/entry/fofwomen/colored_women_s_league/0
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