TWOMN 347: History of Women in the United States
Basic Information Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis, born Sarah Louisa Forten, was an African American poet and activist born around 1814, though there is dispute over the precise date of her birth (Purvis, Sarah Forten (C. 1811–C. 1898), 2022). While typically her work was oriented around the issue of abolition, she pioneered the concept of intersectionality…
Basic Information Sarah Mapps Douglass was an African American woman, best known for her efforts as an abolitionist, educator, artist, and Quaker. She was born to Robert and Grace Douglass on September 9, 1806, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The maternal side of her family was very active in the abolition movement, being members of the Free African Society.…
Basic Information Irene Moorman Blackstone, a black businesswoman social activist for equal rights, was part of the first wave of feminism and a clubhouse member in Brooklyn. Blackstone was very known in the Harlem circles, in which she joined New York Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in…
Basic Information Fannie Barrier Williams born on February 12, 1855 and lived until her passing from a stroke on the 4th of March in 1944. Williams was an educated woman who used her education to aid in the first wave movement. She is widely known as the first African American member of the Chicago Woman’s…
Basic Information Carrie Williams Clifford was born on September of 1862 in Chillicothe, Ohio. A truly extraordinary woman who dedicated her time and effort to the black community. Clifford was mostly known for being a poet, writer, clubwomen, and a women’s and civil rights activist. Clifford’s strong drive to make a change during the…
Basic Information Josephine B. Willson was born on October 29, 1853, into the Black aristocracy of Philadelphia. After receiving her education, she became a teacher in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1878 she married one of the first Black United States senators, Blanche K. Bruce. She would go on to become a leading Washington hostess, women’s club…
Information Naomi Bowman Talbert Anderson was born on March 1, 1843 in Michigan City, Indiana. She was a writer and speaker who went to many conventions and wrote letters to and for newspapers advocating for women’s rights and racial equality. Her lectures, poems and speeches were unique during her time because it expressed the…
Basic Information Isabella Baumfree who then changed her name to Sojourner Truth was born in Ulster County, New York in 1797. She is most known for her famous “Ain’t I a Women” speech as well as her contributions to the temperance movement and the abolitionist movement. She also helped fight for property rights of African…
Basic Information Ida B. Wells-Barnett was an African-American woman who lived to be sixty eight years old. She was born on July 16th, 1862 in Holly Springs, Mississippi and came from a successful family. She was known for her anonymous journalism covering issues of race and politics under the alias “lola.” She was also known…
Basic Information Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 31, 1842. She was a woman who took on many roles; a civil rights activist, suffragist, and newspaper editor. Ruffin was best known for her career as one of the co-founders of the newspaper, The Woman’s Era, known for being the first…