Feb 5, 2018 · “Women have been the backbone of the whole civil rights movement,” activist Coretta Scott King asserted in the magazine New Lady in 1966. Here are a few of their stories.

Feb 24, 2015 · Many extraordinary women, and often unsung heroes, played significant roles in the Civil Rights Movement and beyond. Here are seven who inspire us.

From the right to vote to equality in the workplace and everything in between, we highlight over a dozen women’s rights activists who have used the freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition to advocate for change.

Feb 14, 2020 · We are thrilled to introduce the nine women profiled in Bell’s groundbreaking oral history and hope you’ll want to find out more. Each of them answered the call for freedom with valor, commitment, and passion. They were principled and steadfast. They lit the fires and showed the way.

Despite these restrictions women faced when accessing power, African American women still found ways to act as leaders and make valuable connections within the civil rights movement. As bridge leaders, Black women created networks with those holding formal leadership roles.

May 10, 2024 · While prevailing gender roles may have prevented some from stepping to the forefront, each of these women were trailblazers who made indelible contributions to furthering human rights and democracy. In honor of Mother’s Day, …

Feb 25, 2017 · Women leaders of the Civil Rights movement worked under the triple constraints of gender, race, and class. Their contribution hasn’t gotten its due.

Jan 9, 2025 · The women leaders of the African American Civil Rights movement however, did not let these types of slights stop them from continuing to do the necessary and important work. Scholar Janet Dewart Bell cites three modes of Black women leadership during the Civil Rights Movement: transformational leadership, servant leadership, and adaptive ...

Feb 22, 2017 · Most of the best-known civil rights leaders of this period were male, such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Medgar Evers, and John Lewis. However, many women also made significant contributions, including Fannie Lou Hamer, Pauli Murray, and Dorothy Height.

Jul 2, 2020 · Women of the civil rights movement . The history of the fight for racial equality has often centered on men like King, Kennedy, Johnson and Evers. But far less attention has been paid to the women who made the civil rights movement possible. ... Fannie Lou Hamer, civil rights leader and co-founder of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party ...