Date on Master's Thesis/Doctoral Dissertation
5-2024
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Department
Pan-African Studies
Degree Program
Pan-African Studies, MA
Committee Chair
Tkweme, W.S.
Committee Co-Chair (if applicable)
Pumphrey, Shelby
Committee Member
Pumphrey, Shelby
Committee Member
Jones, Yvonne
Author's Keywords
Reproductive justice; Black women; grassroots organizing
Abstract
Since enslavement in the United States Black women have cultivated different ways to fight for their Reproductive Justice. After emancipation Black women have continued to utilize the practices learned from our ancestors to obtain Reproductive Justice. Despite the women’s movement becoming mainstream in the 1960s many Black women continued to grassroots organize to adequately address the issues that were unique to them. The efforts of various Black women organizers tend to go unacknowledged because the mainstream women’s movement attracts the attention of most. In my research I focused on Byllye Avery, Loretta Ross, and Toni Bond to explore and showcase how Black women have utilized grassroots organizing to achieve Reproductive Justice. The method that guided my research was primary sourced archives from Smith College and the Chicago Regional Library. My research proved that for Black women to obtain Reproductive Justice, the utilization of grassroots organizing must be present.
Recommended Citation
Ellsworth, Madison Ruth, "The utilization of grassroots organizing by Black women pioneers to achieve reproductive justice." (2024). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 4317.
https://doi.org/10.18297/etd/4317
