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Life Story: Janet Randolph

. Randolph, a Confederate veteran and widower with two young children. They moved to Richmond, Virginia, where both took part in a wave of activities that glorified the Confederacy and helped to reinterpret the history of the Civil War in the South’s favor

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Black Life in the Urban North

An article from the "Chicago Defender" that describes the new opportunities and challenges northern cities offered women looking to escape the horrors of the Jim Crow South.

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Fighting For Social Reform

Ideas 1. The challenges of modern life lead to a new wave of social reform that was often led by women. 2. Social reformers came from almost every walk of life and included women from different backgrounds. 3. Activism provided many women with an

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Woman Suffrage

remained white and middle class. Black women in particular were forced to fight on the margins and faced racism from suffragists who saw Black activism as a direct threat to the cause. Furthermore, not all women wanted the vote, and many vehemently fought

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