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| horton_freedom_s_yoke [2026/01/30 06:18] – khamilt3 | horton_freedom_s_yoke [2026/01/30 07:11] (current) – [Gender and the Struggle for Racial Equality] khamilt3 |
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| Horton shows that free Blacks struggles for racial equality were deeply shaped by gender conventions that tied respectability, citizenship, and political legitimacy to patriarchal norms of manhood and womanhood. Black men’s claims to equality were often framed through ideals of male authority, breadwinning, and protections, while Black women’s political labor was frequently marginalised or rendered invisible despite being essential to community survival and activism. The section reveals how gender became both a tool of resistance and a constraint, reproducing inequalities within Black communities even as they fought white supremacy. — (Caitlyn Edwards) | Horton shows that free Blacks struggles for racial equality were deeply shaped by gender conventions that tied respectability, citizenship, and political legitimacy to patriarchal norms of manhood and womanhood. Black men’s claims to equality were often framed through ideals of male authority, breadwinning, and protections, while Black women’s political labor was frequently marginalised or rendered invisible despite being essential to community survival and activism. The section reveals how gender became both a tool of resistance and a constraint, reproducing inequalities within Black communities even as they fought white supremacy. — (Caitlyn Edwards) |
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| | The fact that women's groups meetings often happened at someone's home so that the women there could do their work simultaneously is the perfect example of how even when these groups were abolitionist groups, their roles as women came first. They couldn't solely focus on abolition because their schedules (which included domestic work, paid jobs, childcare, etc. due to necessity) prevented them from doing so. While Black men were denied autonomy in their lives when it came to what jobs they wanted because of racism, Black women were denied autonomy when it came to jobs due to their predestined duties as women and the economic necessity of them completing domestic work, plus the limited options due to racism. (Katherine Hamilton) |
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| | Having paid work outside of the home for Black women was multilayered when it came to what it meant socially. In regards to sex, it meant they were not stuck purely at home doing domestic labour. In regards to race, it was an economic necessity, since Black men were stuck in lower paying jobs and were paid less than White men. This often made it impossible for their family to live off of one income thus Black women had to provide a second income in addition to the domestic work they provided. So, having a paid job outside of the home on one hand meant they were not adhering to the norms of women staying at home which may have provided them with a sense of resistance to the patriarchy. On the other hand, having a job outside of the home plus domestic duties was not their choice, it was decided for them by their circumstances which only served as a reminder to their racial inequality. (Katherine Hamilton) |
