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Wanda A. Hendricks. Gender, Race, and Politics in the Midwest: Black Club Women in Illinois. (Blacks in the Diaspora.) Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 1998. Pp. xviii, 162. $27.95.

During the period from 1890 to 1920, African-American women in Illinois helped to establish the nation's largest network of black women's clubs. Focusing with especial clarity and insight into the experiences of these women, Wanda A. Hendricks adds greatly to our understanding of change and continuity in this important period of women's history. Hendricks looks at the unique structure, ideologies, strategies, and tactics "that differentiated the Illinois club movement from, but at the same time linked it to the national movement" (p. x). The Illinois Movement was linked to the national black club movement via voluntary associations but differed from it because of the numerous challenges that black women faced in the Midwest. Illinois was one of several midwestern states affected by a burgeoning industrial economy and massive movement of African Americans. Like other states of that region, it was mostly rural but was dominated by a large city, Chicago. Because of the declining farm population, Illinois (especially Chicago) became one of the most urbanized regions in the country. . . .

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