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Books on: african women politics

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Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896-1920

Book by Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore; University of North Carolina Press, 1996

Subjects:

African American Women--North Carolina--History, African American Women--North Carolina--Political Activity, African Americans--Suffrage--North Carolina, North Carolina--Politics And Government--1865-1950, North Carolina--Race Relations

Collections: History, Entire Library

...involvement. If a white woman rejected "protection...they invited white women into politics. Once there, some...supremacists that African Americans did not...spoke. Some white women paid no attention...black men. A white woman did harm enough...American womens politics. 8 Redefining the...
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Female Circumcision and the Politics of Knowledge: African Women in Imperialist Discourses

Book by Obioma Nnaemeka; Praeger, 2005

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Africa--Colonial Influence, Body, Human--Social Aspects--Africa, Female Circumcision--Africa

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...drew an analogy between African and African-American...space as the American woman of European descent...organizing principle for African feminism: colonial...affect both men and women located in that colonized...common experiences for African and African American women, the politics of location creates...
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Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism

Book by Patricia Hill Collins; Routledge, 2004

Subjects:

African American Men, African American Women, African Americans--Race Identity, African Americans--Sexual Behavior, African Americans--Social Conditions--1975-, Racism--United States, Sex Role--United States, Sexism--United States, United States--Race Relations

Collections: History, Entire Library

...pandemic also affect African Americans. Joblessness...challenges African American politics treatment of gender...prevailing Black sexual politics places all African Americans...spread of HIV. Black women who confuse femininity...heterosexual African American women who try to be the strong Black woman can end up being sexually...
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Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics: African Americans and Asian Americans - Vol. 1

Book by Jeffrey D. Schultz, Kerry L. Haynie, Anne M. McCulloch, Andrew L. Aoki; Oryx Press, 2000

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African Americans--Politics And Government--Encyclopedias, Asian Americans--Politics And Government--Encyclopedias, Hispanic Americans--Politics And Government--Encyclopedias, Indians Of North America--Politics And Government--Encyclopedias, Minorities--United States--Political Activity--Encyclopedias, United States--Ethnic Relations--Encyclopedias, United States--Politics And Government--Encyclopedias, United States--Race Relations--Encyclopedias

Collections: History, Entire Library

Promotes African-American culture and...speakers bureau, publishes African American Families Issues...Founded in 1983 to help African-American women gain assistance in employment...and River of Tears: Politics of Black Womens Health...
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Black Women in the New World Order: Social Justice and the African American Female

Book by Willa Mae Hemmons; Praeger Publishers, 1996

Subjects:

African American Women, African American Women--Legal Status, Laws, Etc

Collections: History, Entire Library

...The World Bank and the Politics of African Adjustment". In Authoritarianism...and Adjustment: The Politics of Economic Reform in...Double Stitch: Black Women Write About Mothers Daughters...Unruly Women: The Politics of Social and Sexual...

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Journal Articles on: african women politics

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A Movement without Marches: African American Women and the Politics of Poverty in Postwar Philadelphia

Journal article by Francoise N. Hamlinm; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 95, 2010

Subjects:

A Movement Without Marches: African American Women and the Politics of Poverty in Postwar Philadelphia (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...without Marches: African American Women and the Politics of Poverty in Postwar...American Women and the Politics of Poverty in Postwar...and early 1950s African American women used the municipal...regard to local politics and welfare agencies...
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A Movement without Marches: African American Women and the Politics of Poverty in Postwar Philadelphia

Journal article by Michael B. Katz; Journal of Social History, Vol. 44, 2010

Subjects:

A Movement Without Marches: African American Women and the Politics of Poverty in Postwar Philadelphia (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...without Marches: African American Women and the Politics of Poverty in...Women and the Politics of Poverty in...early 1960s many women "joined a movement...low-income African-American women...modern racial politics." (4) The...
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Women and Politics in Algeria from the War of Independence to Our Day

Journal article by Danièle Djamila Amrane-Minne; Research in African Literatures, Vol. 30, 1999

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Africa--History, African Fiction--History And Criticism, African Literature--History And Criticism, African Poetry--History And Criticism, Postcolonialism--Africa

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Women and Politics in Algeria from the War of...clear continuity between those women who took part in the armed struggle for independence and the women who now demonstrate in the...fundamentalists, the emancipated woman no doubt represents modernity...which, while subjugating women, would stop Algerian society...
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A Feminist Struggle? South African HIV Activism as Feminist Politics

Journal article by Katarina Jungar, Elina Oinas; Journal of International Women's Studies, Vol. 11, 2010

Subjects:

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome--AIDS, Activists, Feminism, Gender equity, Political activism, Politics, Sexual behavior, Sexuality, Treatment Action Campaign

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...Feminist Struggle? South African HIV Activism as Feminist Politics by Katarina Jungar...article we will study the politics of one contemporary...activism of grass-root women across the globe...Sexualities and Africa: Politics of Knowledge The HIV...
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Introduction: Fugard, Women, and Politics

Journal article by Jack Barbera; Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 39, 1993

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Fugard, Athol--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Politics in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., South African drama (English)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Women--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Fugard, women, and politics by Jack Barbera...from traditional African society, but that...of black South Africans, African, Colored and Indian...sustained by women," the first of...her name. But a woman of such moral probity...courage, with the woman" (90). Over...to use the South African word for a person...archetypal South Africans." Gussow notes...

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Magazine Articles on: african women politics

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Africa's Women Have Led in the Past, and Will Lead in the Future: African Politics Has Often Excluded Women, but Africa's Women Have Played a Much Bigger Part in It Than They Are Given Credit for. It Is Time for Our Women to Be Judged on Their Own Merits and Stake Their Rightful Claim on the New Africa, Writes Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf the President of Liberia and the First Elected Female President in Africa

Magazine article by Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf; New African, November 2010

Subjects:

Black womanhood--Political aspects, Women in politics--Influence, Women in politics--Powers and duties, Women politicians--Influence, Women politicians--Powers and duties, Women's rights--Political aspects

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...the Future: African Politics Has Often Excluded...Time for Our Women to Be Judged...idea of African politics is that it is...when only one woman head of state...something that women should not have...In Liberia, politics is even harder for a woman, but the public...and I pray that African girls everywhere...
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What about the Women?

Magazine article by Antonio De Figueiredo; New African, January 2003

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Africans--Political aspects, Africans--Social aspects, Colonization--Social aspects, International relations--Social aspects, Manners and customs--Criticism and interpretation, Women in politics--Criticism and interpretation, Women's rights--Political aspects, Women's rights--Social aspects, Women--Political aspects, Women--Social aspects

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...Africa towards Kenyan or South African tourist attractions, also...five Portuguese-speaking African countries--Mozambique...including, incidentally, by many Africans. In what concerns women...and fellow countrymen, now women still feel "marginalised" within African "marginalisation. Even I...balance when asked by a Canadian woman journalist: "And what about...
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Good News for All Women of Africa: There Will Be 50% Women and 50% Men in the AU Commission. Historic, Reports Tom Mbakwe

Magazine article by Tom Mbakwe; New African, September 2002

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Africa--Political aspects, African Union--Social policy, Equality--Political aspects, International agencies--Social policy, International organizations--Social policy, Women in politics--Africa

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...was not enough, the African leaders, determined...representation of women and men. But this is...going to get - 50% women, 50% men. The groundbreaking...each region shall be a woman". The 10 commissioners...candidates, including a woman for each portfolio...the need for eligible Africans, both men and women, to rise up to the...
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African American Women: A Selected List of Books

Magazine article by Janet Sims-Wood; Negro History Bulletin, January 1996

Subjects:

African American women--Literature, Literature--Bibliography

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...Prophetic Religious Voices of African-American Women. Maryknoll, N. Y...Biographies of 100 Black Women Writers, 1900-1945...Shaw, Stephanie. What A Woman Ought to Be and To Do: Black Professional Women Workers During the Jim...
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New African Woman Is Born: Due to Popular Demand, New African Woman, Which Has Been Running as a Regular Supplement in New African since July 2008, Has This Month Been Launched as a Stand-Alone 100-Page Quarterly Magazine in Both English and French, the First Time Ever That a Magazine Has Been Launched Simultaneously in the Two Languages, and to Cover the Whole Continent

Magazine article by Ogo Okafor; New African, May 2009

Subjects:

Black women--Appreciation, New African Woman (Periodical)--Management, Periodicals--Management, Women, Black--Appreciation

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New African Woman Is Born: Due to...Demand, New African Woman, Which Has Been Running...Okafor The New African Woman (NAW) is not only a...for the discerning woman", NAW launches into...issues pertaining to black women, particularly those...beauty, fashion, politics, economic empowerment...

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Newspaper Articles on: african women politics

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First Time Peace Prize Is Won by African Woman

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), October 9, 2004

Subjects:

Maathai, Wangari

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Peace Prize Is Won by African Woman. Byline: Lauren Taylor...Maathai became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace...has sought to empower women, better the environment...the committee eschewed politics this time around. Morten...
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Danger Calls for TV's African Queen; Real Women Wildlife Film-Maker Saba Douglas-Hamilton Has a Taste for Adventure Which She Puts Down to Her Scots Side. GRAHAM KEAL Trekked to Bristol to Find out about Her Daredevil Explorations of Scary Territories in BBC2 Series Unknown Africa, but since Then Saba Has Been Engulfed by the Unrest in Kenya, Her Own Adopted Country

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), March 18, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Danger Calls for TVs African Queen; Real Women Wildlife Film-Maker...business despite the politics." Prospects for peace...sweeping away like some African Cinderella comes to...heart of the Central African Republic. More of that...
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Somali Women Fleeing Famine Preyed on by Rapists

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, August 1, 2011

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African refugees, Refugees, African, Women

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Somali Women Fleeing Famine Preyed on by...neighbor was raped, and a naked woman who had been kidnapped and...security risk. But for the women and children who fled war and...facilities shows how regional politics can interfere with aid efforts...dollars to be wasted and leaving women and children vulnerable to...
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Black Women Face Even Longer Road to Equality

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 25, 2006

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African Americans--Laws, regulations and rules, Associations, institutions, etc.--Laws, regulations and rules, Gender equality--Laws, regulations and rules, Organizations--Laws, regulations and rules, Women--Laws, regulations and rules

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...has been reflected within the politics of our community," he said...been addressed and solved." Women comprise 61.1 percent of...list last year, only 35 were women, including 11 members of Congress...Donna Brazile, the first black woman to head a presidential campaign...added, "I still believe black women to be the most invisible humans...
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White Woman Shakes Up S. Africa Politics

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 7, 2009

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Apartheid--Political aspects, News agencies--Political aspects, The Associated Press, Zille, Helen--Political activity

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

White Woman Shakes Up S. Africa Politics. Byline: Clare...province from the African National Congress...most black South Africans are loyal to the...should dominate politics. But the ANC has...blemished record where women were concerned...Zille was a loose woman and even called...imprisonment, and entered politics after white rule...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: african women politics

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Davis, Angela Yvonne

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

DAVIS, ANGELA YVONNE 1944 , African-American political activist...candidate in 1980 and 1984. See her Women, Race, and Class (1982), autobiography (1988), and Women, Culture, and Politics (1989...
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Uganda

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...rest are nominated from women, the army, and other...were mostly produced by African smallholders and not...established; its first African member was admitted...seats was allocated to Africans. In 1953, Mutesa II...Ugandas "no-party" politics, in part because of...internationally, including by the African Unions fledgling Pan...
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Abolitionists

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...prime concern of national politics and hastened the demise...members, including many women. Although abolitionists united in denouncing the African venture of the American...followers also argued that women be allowed to participate...Crusade for Freedom: Women in the Antislavery Movement...
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Mississippi , State, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Mississippi Univ. for Women, at Columbus. History...became the states first African-American lieutenant...permitted to return to politics and former slaves were...maintained their hold on politics until 1904, when the...alignment in national politics. In 1948 Mississippi...
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Election

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...disenfranchisement of African-American men after...conferred the vote on women. The Twenty-third...A. Bone, American Politics and the Party System (4th ed. 1971) and Politics and Voters (3d ed...The Paradox of Mass Politics (1986...

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