The paper, due Tuesday, February 16, requires you to do a close analysis of the views of black female citizenship presented in three speeches given by African American women at the Congress of Representative Women at Chicago World's Fair of 1893.  Read the speeches of Hallie Q. Brown, Anna Julia Cooper, and Frances E.W. Harper and analyze their concerns, goals, and priorities.  How did they define citizenship?  What roles did they seem to think race and gender played in shaping people’s lives?  What solutions or pathways did they offer?

The paper, due Tuesday, February 16, requires you to do a close analysis of the views of black female citizenship presented in three speeches given by African American women at the Congress of Representative Women at Chicago World's Fair of 1893.  Read the speeches of Hallie Q. Brown, Anna Julia Cooper, and Frances E.W. Harper and analyze their concerns, goals, and priorities.  How did they define citizenship?  What roles did they seem to think race and gender played in shaping people’s lives?  What solutions or pathways did they offer?