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• catalog abstract ""During World War II, factories across America retooled for wartime production, and unprecedented labor opportunities opened up for women and minorities. In "We, Too, Are Americans," Megan Taylor Shockley examines the experiences of the African American women who worked in two capitals of industry - Detroit, Michigan, and Richmond, Virginia - during the war and the decade that followed it, making a compelling case for viewing World War II as the crucible of the civil rights movement." "As demands on them intensified, the women working to provide American troops with clothing, medical supplies, and support services became increasingly aware of their key role in the war effort. Middle-class African Americans worked to desegregate voluntary associations (such as the Red Cross and the USO) and institute a policy of respectability that would undercut pernicious racial stereotypes. Working-class black women began to use their indispensability in industry to leverage demands for equal employment, welfare and citizenship benefits, fair treatment on factory floors, good working conditions, and other considerations previously denied them." "Shockley shows that in the decade and a half preceding Brown v. Topeka Board of Education, as these women strove to redefine citizenship, backing their claims to equality with lawsuits, sit-ins, and other forms of activism, they were forging tools that civil rights activists would continue to use in the years to come."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b13054028.
• catalog coverage "Detroit (Mich.) Politics and government 20th century.".
• catalog coverage "Detroit (Mich.) Race relations.".
• catalog coverage "Richmond (Va.) Politics and government 20th century.".
• catalog coverage "Richmond (Va.) Race relations.".
• catalog created "c2004.".
• catalog date "2004".
• catalog date "c2004.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
• catalog description ""During World War II, factories across America retooled for wartime production, and unprecedented labor opportunities opened up for women and minorities. In "We, Too, Are Americans," Megan Taylor Shockley examines the experiences of the African American women who worked in two capitals of industry - Detroit, Michigan, and Richmond, Virginia - during the war and the decade that followed it, making a compelling case for viewing World War II as the crucible of the civil rights movement." "As demands on them intensified, the women working to provide American troops with clothing, medical supplies, and support services became increasingly aware of their key role in the war effort. Middle-class African Americans worked to desegregate voluntary associations (such as the Red Cross and the USO) and institute a policy of respectability that would undercut pernicious racial stereotypes. Working-class black women began to use their indispensability in industry to leverage demands for equal employment, welfare and citizenship benefits, fair treatment on factory floors, good working conditions, and other considerations previously denied them." "Shockley shows that in the decade and a half preceding Brown v. Topeka Board of Education, as these women strove to redefine citizenship, backing their claims to equality with lawsuits, sit-ins, and other forms of activism, they were forging tools that civil rights activists would continue to use in the years to come."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Engaging with the state: middle-class women and responsible patriotism, 1940-45 -- Working for democracy: working-class women and wartime opportunities, 1940-45 -- Looking ahead: middle class women's activities in the postwar world -- Trying to hold on: working-class women's activities in the postwar era -- Claiming space: African American women and public protests against inequality, 1940-54.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-249) and index.".
• catalog extent "viii, 256 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0252028635 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isPartOf "Women in American history".
• catalog issued "2004".
• catalog issued "c2004.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Urbana : University of Illinois,".
• catalog spatial "Detroit (Mich.) Politics and government 20th century.".
• catalog spatial "Detroit (Mich.) Race relations.".
• catalog spatial "Michigan Detroit".
• catalog spatial "Richmond (Va.) Politics and government 20th century.".
• catalog spatial "Richmond (Va.) Race relations.".
• catalog spatial "Virginia Richmond".
• catalog subject "305.48/896073077434 21".
• catalog subject "African American women Michigan Detroit Political activity History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "African American women Political activity Michigan Detroit History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "African American women Political activity Virginia Richmond History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "African American women Virginia Richmond Political activity History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "Civil rights movements Michigan Detroit History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "Civil rights movements Virginia Richmond History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "F574.D49 N4825 2004".
• catalog subject "Social classes Michigan Detroit History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "Social classes Virginia Richmond History 20th century.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Engaging with the state: middle-class women and responsible patriotism, 1940-45 -- Working for democracy: working-class women and wartime opportunities, 1940-45 -- Looking ahead: middle class women's activities in the postwar world -- Trying to hold on: working-class women's activities in the postwar era -- Claiming space: African American women and public protests against inequality, 1940-54.".
• catalog title ""We, too, are Americans" : African American women in Detroit and Richmond, 1940-54 / Megan Taylor Shockley.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".