Women’s suffrage
Du Bois was an early supporter of women’s suffrage, connecting it to Black liberation.
Women’s suffrage (16 articles)
Du Bois was an early supporter of women’s suffrage, connecting it to Black liberation.
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| Date | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1912 (Feb) | Ohio | Argues in The Crisis (1912) that Ohio women’s suffrage boosts Black political influence, linking democracy, race and labor to win freedom. |
| 1912 (Mar) | Garrison and Woman’s Suffrage | Garrison Villard, Fanny in The Crisis (1912) discusses her father’s role linking abolition to women’s suffrage and defending women speakers |
| 1912 (Mar) | The Justice of Woman Suffrage | Terrell, Mary Church in The Crisis (1912) argues for woman suffrage as a racial and moral justice, condemning opposition even among Black men. |
| 1913 (Apr) | Hail Columbia | Condemns white supremacy and gendered violence at the suffrage parade, exposing racial hypocrisy and threats to democracy. |
| 1914 (Feb) | Votes for Women | Argues Black support for women’’s suffrage strengthens democracy, challenges racial disfranchisement, and advances justice. |
| 1914 (Jun) | Senators’ Records | Exposes Senate suffrage debates invoking race, naming senators who backed disfranchisement and threatened democracy. |
| 1915 (Jan) | Agility | Condemns suffragist evasions that defend white supremacy and betray democracy and Black women’s rights. |
| 1915 (May) | The Risk of Woman Suffrage | Kelly Miller in The Crisis (1915) argues against woman suffrage, claiming it threatens social harmony and that gender differences make women unfit for politics. |
| 1915 (May) | Woman Suffrage | Rebukes anti-suffrage claims and affirms that women’s labor, equality, and democratic rights require the vote. |
| 1915 (Jun) | The Elections | Shows how Black voter education determined woman suffrage outcomes and challenged Republican race politics. |
| 1918 (May) | Votes for Women | Urges Black voters to back woman suffrage as a moral and democratic defense against racial disfranchisement. |
| 1919 (Jun) | Votes | Argues Black suffrage is the central racial struggle: Northern voters can restore democracy, end Southern disfranchisement. |
| 1920 (Mar) | Woman Suffrage | Urges Black women to organize, study laws, register, and prepare for suffrage to defend democracy and race rights. |
| 1920 (May) | Get Ready | Calls on Black Americans to prepare, defend voting rights, and legally resist Southern efforts to disfranchise Black women. |
| 1920 (Oct) | Triumph | Celebrates woman suffrage as a democratic triumph and links opposition to lynching, child labor, and racial injustice. |
| 1920 (Nov) | Suffrage | Argues southern suffrage laws mask race-based disenfranchisement, subverting democracy to preserve white supremacy. |
| 1921 (Feb) | Reduced Representation in Congress | Urges reducing Southern congressional seats under the 14th Amendment to punish disfranchisement and defend democracy. |
| 1921 (Mar) | The Woman Voter | Celebrates Black women’s voting as a democratic advance and reproves leaders like James B. Dudley who urged abstention. |
| 1933 (Feb) | It is a Girl | Challenges boy-preference as a relic of barbarism, urging equal opportunity, education and labor for girls. |
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