Introduction
Black girls have always rocked! The Negro Women’s Club movement was one of the most important movements in African-American history. It started around the 1890s, with some of the strongest and amazing women in the country. They went through many terrifying and overwhelming obstacles. They were threatened by whites to be lynched, which is completely terrible. Different clubs that protect Negro women joined forces. These women who participated were the most ambitious and toughest women in history, and they were tougher in the moments where people tried their best to bring them down.
Why was this movement one of the important movements?
This movement had some of the most ambitious and important negro women in history. Women like Ida B. Wells, Mary Church Terrell, and Mary Mcleod Bethune. These women are so inspirational to women today. …show more content…
If they hadn't stood up for their rights, African-American women today would probably not have the same rights as men and white women. But, today, African-American women still don't have the same rights as other races. The writer thinks that people today only think about negro men like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., and the mostly male group SNCC. The writer wants people to realize that these negro women (specifically Ida B. Wells, Mary Church Terrell and Mary Mcleod Bethune), who had to go through the same punishments and consequences as any other black man in that time. Women of color are still being discredited. It's like all that the women have done to be on the same level as black men and white women was forgotten. Women like Harriet Tubman, Mary Church Terrell, Mary Mcleod Bethune, Ida B. Wells and more, don't deserve to be forgotten like that. These women were tough and supportive of others. That is why this movement and black women are important then and
Black girls have always rocked! The Negro Women’s Club movement was one of the most important movements in African-American history. It started around the 1890s, with some of the strongest and amazing women in the country. They went through many terrifying and overwhelming obstacles. They were threatened by whites to be lynched, which is completely terrible. Different clubs that protect Negro women joined forces. These women who participated were the most ambitious and toughest women in history, and they were tougher in the moments where people tried their best to bring them down.
Why was this movement one of the important movements?
This movement had some of the most ambitious and important negro women in history. Women like Ida B. Wells, Mary Church Terrell, and Mary Mcleod Bethune. These women are so inspirational to women today. …show more content…
If they hadn't stood up for their rights, African-American women today would probably not have the same rights as men and white women. But, today, African-American women still don't have the same rights as other races. The writer thinks that people today only think about negro men like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., and the mostly male group SNCC. The writer wants people to realize that these negro women (specifically Ida B. Wells, Mary Church Terrell and Mary Mcleod Bethune), who had to go through the same punishments and consequences as any other black man in that time. Women of color are still being discredited. It's like all that the women have done to be on the same level as black men and white women was forgotten. Women like Harriet Tubman, Mary Church Terrell, Mary Mcleod Bethune, Ida B. Wells and more, don't deserve to be forgotten like that. These women were tough and supportive of others. That is why this movement and black women are important then and