Alpha Suffrage Club

E287447
African American organization political organization suffrage organization women's club

The Alpha Suffrage Club was a pioneering African American women's organization in Chicago that fought for Black women's voting rights and political representation in the early 20th century.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Alpha Suffrage Club canonical 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf African American organization ⓘ
political organization ⓘ
suffrage organization ⓘ
women's club ⓘ
activity community organizing ⓘ
political campaigning ⓘ
public lectures ⓘ
voter education ⓘ
voter registration drives ⓘ
associatedWith Black women's club movement ⓘ
Progressive Era reform ⓘ
collaboratedWith Illinois Equal Suffrage Association ⓘ
other Black women's clubs in Chicago ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ethnicFocus African American women ⓘ
focus gender equality in politics ⓘ
municipal politics in Chicago ⓘ
racial equality in suffrage ⓘ
foundedBy Belle Squire ⓘ
Black women activists in Chicago ⓘ
Ida B. Wells ⓘ
surface form: Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Virginia Brooks ⓘ
foundingLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the earliest African American women's political organizations in Chicago ⓘ
one of the first Black women's suffrage clubs in Illinois ⓘ
pioneered Black women's political participation in Chicago ⓘ
inception 1913 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Illinois ⓘ
South Side, Chicago ⓘ
movement African American civil rights movement ⓘ
women's suffrage movement ⓘ
notableCampaign support for Oscar De Priest's aldermanic campaign ⓘ
notableMember Belle Squire ⓘ
Black clubwomen of Chicago ⓘ
Fannie Barrier Williams ⓘ
Ida B. Wells ⓘ
surface form: Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Virginia Brooks ⓘ
opposed disenfranchisement of African Americans ⓘ
racial discrimination in the suffrage movement ⓘ
politicalImpact helped elect Oscar De Priest as Chicago alderman ⓘ
purpose educate Black women about civic engagement ⓘ
increase political representation of African Americans ⓘ
mobilize Black women voters ⓘ
promote voting rights for African American women ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ida B. Wells → founded → Alpha Suffrage Club ⓘ
Ida → memberOf → Alpha Suffrage Club ⓘ
subject surface form: Ida B. Wells
Ida → coFounderOf → Alpha Suffrage Club ⓘ
subject surface form: Ida B. Wells