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• catalog abstract "This remarkable book by LaVerne Gill preserves the history of the struggles and accomplishments of fifteen courageous women, and will move others to learn from and follow their example. Readers are introduced to issues of vital importance to the Black community - Reconstruction, enfranchisement, lynching, civil rights struggles, the founding of advocacy groups, the power of the Congressional Black Caucus, the creation of majority minority districts that allowed greater. Representation in Congress, the struggle of largely Black Washington, D.C., for representation, and the recent dismantling of past gains by a Republican majority. Gill also describes the uphill battles for social justice and the rights of women that the fifteen women had to wage even within their own political parties, political organizations, and districts.".
• catalog contributor b9681901.
• catalog created "c1997.".
• catalog date "1997".
• catalog date "c1997.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
• catalog description "Ch. 1. Introduction -- pt. 1. The Trailblazers. Ch. 2. Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm (D-N.Y.) 1969-1982. Ch. 3. Barbara Charline Jordan (D-Tex.) 1973-1978. Ch. 4. Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (D-Calif.) 1973-1978. Ch. 5. Cardiss Robertson Collins (D-Ill.) 1973-1996. Ch. 6. Katie Beatrice Green Hall (D-Ind.) 1982-1984 -- pt. 2. The Urban Women of the 102d Congress. Ch. 7. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) 1991-. Ch. 8. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) 1991-. Ch. 9. Barbara-Rose Collins (D-Mich.) 1991-1996 -- pt. 3. The U.S. Senate. Ch. 10. Carol Moseley-Braun (D-Ill.) 1993- -- pt. 4. The Southern Women of the 103rd and 104th Congresses. Ch. 11. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.) 1993-. Ch. 12. Carrie Pittman Meek (D-Fla.) 1993-. Ch. 13. Cynthia Ann McKinney (D-Ga.) 1993-. Ch. 14. Eva McPherson Clayton (D-N.C.) 1993-. Ch. 15. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Tex.) 1993-. Ch. 16. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Fla.) 1995-. Ch. 17. Epilogue -- Appendix. African Americans in the U.S. Congress, 1870-1996.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-260) and index.".
• catalog description "Representation in Congress, the struggle of largely Black Washington, D.C., for representation, and the recent dismantling of past gains by a Republican majority. Gill also describes the uphill battles for social justice and the rights of women that the fifteen women had to wage even within their own political parties, political organizations, and districts.".
• catalog description "This remarkable book by LaVerne Gill preserves the history of the struggles and accomplishments of fifteen courageous women, and will move others to learn from and follow their example. Readers are introduced to issues of vital importance to the Black community - Reconstruction, enfranchisement, lynching, civil rights struggles, the founding of advocacy groups, the power of the Congressional Black Caucus, the creation of majority minority districts that allowed greater.".
• catalog extent "xi, 272 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "African American women in Congress.".
• catalog identifier "0813523524 (cloth : alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "0813523532 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "African American women in Congress.".
• catalog issued "1997".
• catalog issued "c1997.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press,".
• catalog relation "African American women in Congress.".
• catalog subject "328.73/092/2 B 20".
• catalog subject "African American women legislators Biography.".
• catalog subject "E840.6 .G55 1997".
• catalog subject "United States. Congress Biography.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Introduction -- pt. 1. The Trailblazers. Ch. 2. Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm (D-N.Y.) 1969-1982. Ch. 3. Barbara Charline Jordan (D-Tex.) 1973-1978. Ch. 4. Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (D-Calif.) 1973-1978. Ch. 5. Cardiss Robertson Collins (D-Ill.) 1973-1996. Ch. 6. Katie Beatrice Green Hall (D-Ind.) 1982-1984 -- pt. 2. The Urban Women of the 102d Congress. Ch. 7. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) 1991-. Ch. 8. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) 1991-. Ch. 9. Barbara-Rose Collins (D-Mich.) 1991-1996 -- pt. 3. The U.S. Senate. Ch. 10. Carol Moseley-Braun (D-Ill.) 1993- -- pt. 4. The Southern Women of the 103rd and 104th Congresses. Ch. 11. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.) 1993-. Ch. 12. Carrie Pittman Meek (D-Fla.) 1993-. Ch. 13. Cynthia Ann McKinney (D-Ga.) 1993-. Ch. 14. Eva McPherson Clayton (D-N.C.) 1993-. Ch. 15. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Tex.) 1993-. Ch. 16. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Fla.) 1995-. Ch. 17. Epilogue -- Appendix. African Americans in the U.S. Congress, 1870-1996.".
• catalog title "African American women in Congress : forming and transforming history / LaVerne McCain Gill.".
• catalog type "Biography. fast".
• catalog type "text".