Better for Us than it was For Her
African American Families, Communities, and Reform in Modern Georgia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6080267 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ann Short Chirhart (American history at Indiana State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 578-602 |
| Publication date | 2003-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0363199003256925 |
| OpenAlex | W2042866893 |
| Language | EN |
This article argues that African American families devised a unique method to educate their daughters so that they could stay in school and eventually work as teachers in black communities. Black women's accomplishments were honored as an adaptation to economic and social oppression and a definitive cultural value in the twentieth century
African american · Economic growth · Ethnology · Family values · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Race, History, and American Society
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |