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 | W.E.B. Du Bois 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 | W.E.B. Du Bois argues abolition and women’s rights are linked, citing Garrison’s support for the Grimke sisters and the 1840 convention in The Crisis, 1912. |
| 1912 (Mar) | The Justice of Woman Suffrage | Du Bois argues in The Crisis (1912) that denying women suffrage harms democracy and racial justice, urging equal political rights for women. |
| 1913 (Apr) | Hail Columbia | Du Bois in The Crisis (1913) condemns white supremacy and gendered violence at the suffrage parade, exposing racial hypocrisy and threats to democracy. |
| 1914 (Feb) | Votes for Women | 1914: W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis argues Black support for women’s suffrage strengthens democracy, challenges racial disfranchisement, and advances justice. |
| 1915 (Jan) | Agility | In 1915 W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis condemns suffragist evasions that defend white supremacy and betray democracy and Black women’s rights. |
| 1915 (May) | The Risk of Woman Suffrage | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1915) warns that woman suffrage threatens social harmony and family roles, arguing gender differences shape politics. |
| 1915 (May) | Woman Suffrage | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1915) rebukes anti-suffrage claims and affirms that women’s labor, equality, and democratic rights require the vote. |
| 1918 (May) | Votes for Women | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1918) urges Black voters to back woman suffrage as a moral and democratic defense against racial disfranchisement. |
| 1919 (Jun) | Votes | In 1919 W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis argues Black suffrage is the central racial struggle: Northern voters can restore democracy, end Southern disfranchisement. |
| 1920 (Mar) | Woman Suffrage | In The Crisis (1920), W.E.B. Du Bois urges Black women to organize, study laws, register, and prepare for suffrage to defend democracy and race rights. |
| 1920 (May) | Get Ready | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1920) calls on Black Americans to prepare, defend voting rights, and legally resist Southern efforts to disfranchise Black women. |
| 1920 (Nov) | Suffrage | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1920) argues southern suffrage laws mask race-based disenfranchisement, subverting democracy to preserve white supremacy. |
| 1921 (Feb) | Reduced Representation in Congress | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1921) urges reducing Southern congressional seats under the 14th Amendment to punish disfranchisement and defend democracy. |
| 1921 (Mar) | The Woman Voter | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1921) 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 | In a 1933 essay in The Crisis, W.E.B. Du Bois challenges boy-preference as a relic of barbarism, urging equal opportunity, education and labor for girls. |
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