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Difficulty: EasyBlack Women's Activism and the Club Movement

Read the following excerpt from Mary Church Terrell's 1898 address "The Progress of Colored Women":

"Day nurseries have been established in several cities by our women, which enable mothers to go out to work, comfortable in the assurance that their little ones are well cared for. In addition to day nurseries, sewing schools and mothers' meetings are held under the auspices of these clubs. Thus our women are trying to rescue the children of the poor."

Based on this excerpt, which of the following best describes the primary focus of the Black women's club movement?

  1. Providing practical social services and community support to uplift African American familiesAnswer
  2. B
    Focusing exclusively on political lobbying for women's suffrage at the federal level
  3. C
    Promoting emigration to West Africa as the primary solution to racial discrimination
  4. D
    Securing equitable sharecropping contracts and labor agreements with Southern landowners

Answer

Providing practical social services and community support to uplift African American families
The correct answer is correct because the excerpt explicitly describes community-focused mutual aid efforts, such as establishing day nurseries for working mothers and organizing educational meetings, which were central to the social uplift mission of Black women's clubs.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the primary source excerpt for key details.
The excerpt lists specific actions: establishing day nurseries, hosting sewing schools, holding mothers' meetings, and supporting working mothers and poor children.
This establishes the factual basis of what Mary Church Terrell is describing as the activities of the clubs.
2
Synthesize the listed activities into a broader theme or goal.
These activities (nurseries, schools, meetings) are mutual aid and community support services aimed at social uplift.
This matches the services to the overall objectives of the Black women's club movement.
3
Evaluate the choices to find the one that matches this theme and rule out distractors.
The choice emphasizing social services and community support is correct, while distractors focusing on single issues like suffrage, emigration, or sharecropping contracts are incorrect or too narrow.
This identifies the correct answer based on the text's evidence.

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