ISBN:
9780252086595
,
9780252044526
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 188 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
Women, gender, and sexuality in American history
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.896073
Keywords:
Geschichte
;
Fahrgast
;
Arbeiterin
;
Schwarze Frau
;
Eisenbahn
;
USA
;
African American women / United States / History
;
Railroad travel / United States / History
;
African Americans / Legal status, laws, etc
;
United States / Race relations
;
Noires américaines / États-Unis / Histoire
;
Voyages en train / États-Unis / Histoire
;
États-Unis / Relations raciales
;
African American women
;
African Americans / Legal status, laws, etc
;
Race relations
;
Railroad travel
;
United States
;
History
;
USA
;
Schwarze Frau
;
Eisenbahn
;
Fahrgast
;
Arbeiterin
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
"Miriam Thaggert illuminates the stories of African American women as passengers and as workers on the nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century As Jim Crow laws became more prevalent and forced Black Americans to 'ride Jim Crow' on the rails, the train compartment became a contested space of leisure and work. Riding Jane Crow examines four instances of Black female railroad travel: the travel narratives of Black female intellectuals such as Anna Julia Cooper and Mary Church Terrell; Black middle-class women who sued to ride in first class 'ladies' cars'; Black women railroad food vendors; and Black maids on Pullman trains. Thaggert argues that the railroad represented a technological advancement that was entwined with African American attempts to secure social progress. Black women's experiences on or near the railroad illustrate how American technological progress has often meant their ejection or displacement; thus, it is the Black woman who most fully measures the success of American freedom and privilege, or 'progress,' through her travel experiences"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: Off the tracks : race, gender, and the American railroad -- Ladies' space : an archive of Black women's railroad narratives -- A kiss in the dark : sexualizing Black female mobility -- Platform politics : the waiter carriers of Virginia -- Handmaidens for travelers : archiving the Pullman Company maid -- Terminus: Pauli Murray, Pete, and Jane Crow
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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