{"product_id":"black-women-and-politics-in-new-york-city-9780252080562","title":"Black Women and Politics in New York City","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDocuments six decades of politically active black women in New York City who waged struggles for justice, rights, and equality not through grassroots activism but through formal politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Through a strong narrative of African American women's political activism in New York City, Julie A. Gallagher fills a major gap in the historical literature. In particular, Gallagher's focus on party politics gives us a fresh perspective. A major contribution in the fields of African American, women's, and political history.\"--Victoria W. Wolcott, author of \u003ci\u003eRemaking Respectability: African-American Women in Interwar Detroit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gallagher has written an insightful, in-depth narrative and analysis of the interconnectedness of race and gender discrimination in US society. . . . an important contribution to both black women's history and New York State's political history. Highly recommended.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An important contribution to the scholarship by illuminating the powerful ways African American women challenged the racialized and gender-based discrimination that characterized New York City politics throughout the 20th century and beyond.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of African American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A valuable reference work for scholars and general readers interested in the lives and careers of twentieth-century black female social and political activists, most of whom are largely unknown today.\"--\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With its chronological range and compelling cast of characters Gallagher's book makes a significant contribution. It is a story of halting, incremental change--but of real change all the same. Party politics, American liberalism, and the women's movement all look different when considered from the perspective of these activists.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An important addition to the literature on the American women's movement, the northern civil rights movement, and the political history of New York and the nation.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A tour de force that tells a fascinating story of the struggles and the accomplishments of the black women who pushed their way into politics from before suffrage through election to Congress.\"--Jo Freeman, author of \u003ci\u003eWe Will Be Heard: Women's Struggles for Political Power in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MO - University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036847505751,"sku":"9780252080562","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252080562.jpg?v=1750932738","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/black-women-and-politics-in-new-york-city-9780252080562","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}