Author : Ella Louise Bell
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330386644
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (866 download)
Book Synopsis Myths, Stereotypes and Realities of African-American Women by : Ella Louise Bell
Download or read book Myths, Stereotypes and Realities of African-American Women written by Ella Louise Bell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Myths, Stereotypes and Realities of African-American Women: A Personal Reflection In 1851, exactly 140 years ago at a woman's rights conference during the Women's Suffrage movement, a freed African-American slave woman named Sojourner Truth, at a woman's rights conference asked the disturbing question, "Ain't I a woman?" She was the lone African-American woman, the only voice for women like herself at the meeting. She was not one of the invited speakers; she came forth on her own volition. Her assertion called for the recognition of dignity, respect and equal justice for all women. But Sojourner's assertion also revealed the contradictory, unequal status and treatment among White women, African-American women, and African-American men. Sojourner has always been one of my heroines, a guardian angel whose spirit attests to the inner strength black women have historically possessed. As slaves African-American women were expected to work along side of African-American men, performing an equal share of work (Davis, 1981). Because they were women, they also were forced to serve as concubines, whores, wet nurses, and breeders. Rape and other forms of violence were part of their day-to-day existence. For African-American women slaves, there was neither rest nor relief from brutality. Here it is some 140 years after Sojourner Truth and another lone African-American woman is declaring her right to be treated with dignity and respect. Her name is Anita Hill and she confronted Clarence Thomas, a nominee to the Supreme Court with allegations of sexual harassment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.