A study of Black female political participation in Atlanta, Georgia

摘要

This thesis will examine historical and contemporary forms of black womenu27s political participation in America. This research will also examine a 1997 survey of black womenu27s political participation in Atlanta, Georgia to argue that contemporary black womenu27s activism has encompassed both electoral and non-electoral activism and is not atypical. Most of the existing research on women, however, posits black womenu27s activism to be an anomaly. However, black women have participated in both traditional and nontraditional forms of political activity. It is argued that black womenu27s level and style of political activism has been influenced by race, gender, and economic factors.