Introduction to Alabama Women: Portraits of Persistence Narrated by Alex Colvin, Public Programs Curator, ADAH Alabama Women: Portraits of Persistence, to view the virtual exhibit, visit https://www.alabamahistoryhome.org/portraits-of-persistence

Narrated by Joyia Pittman, Education Curator, ADAH Alabama Women: Portraits of Persistence, to view the virtual exhibit visit https://www.alabamahistoryhome.org/portraits-of-persistence To View Relevant Alabama Course of Study Standards for Social Studies https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NZoz-HOMUpLx8EMDd-v9ZEnN2LZz-7sOxH5fOUsjMFI/edit?usp=sharing. Education Video Question: Juliette Hampton Morgan was outspoken about the treatment of African Americans in Montgomery and as a public bus rider, she witnessed this mistreatment firsthand. Why do you think African Americans were required to enter through the back of the bus and sit separately from white passengers? Education Primary Source: “Lesson From Gandhi” https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49711804/the-montgomery-advertiser/ Question: Do you think Juliette is correct when she compares the Montgomery Bus Boycott to the Boston Tea Party protest in her article, “Lessons from Gandhi”? Why or why not? For more information on Juliette Hampton Morgan, visit http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1581

Narrated by Hayden McDaniel, Education Curator, ADAH Alabama Women: Portraits of Persistence, to view the virtual exhibit, visit https://www.alabamahistoryhome.org/portraits-of-persistence. To view relevant Alabama Course of Study Standards for Social Studies https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UFhjFQQhHpOLz-s6WpdcvIs3y8KdThJoXBewO65BNj8/edit?usp=sharing Education Video Question: Why do you think it was significant that Dr. Johnson was the first female physician in Alabama? Education Primary Source: “The La Fayette Dispensary in connection with the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute” http://doctordoctress.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A1856/record/islandora%3A2079#page/1/mode/1up Question: Read the selection from Dr. Johnson’s presentation, “The La Fayette Dispensary, in Connection with the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute.” She mentions a few reasons she found medical care out of reach for those in rural Macon County, including cost and “stolid indifference as to the fate of the sick.” What are some other reasons people in this area were unable to access adequate treatment? What do you think prevented them from pursuing it? For more information on Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson, visit http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-3925

Margaret Murray Washington, Educator & Suffragist Narrated by Alex Colvin, Public Programs Curator, ADAH Alabama Women: Portraits of Persistence, to view the virtual exhibit visit https://www.alabamahistoryhome.org/portraits-of-persistence To view relevant Alabama Course of Study Standards for Social Studies https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D_IoJxtsAyt_bu2AynrwNXuZIWVx2IoE8jG3qovj8Ic/edit?usp=sharing Education Video Question: What was the purpose of Margaret Murray Washington’s Women’s Clubs? How does suffrage fit into that? Education Primary Source: An excerpt from Margaret Murray Washington’s “Club Work Among Negro Women” found in Black Women in White America: A Documentary History: https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=zZVBDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR17&dq=nannie+burroughs&ots=RkUl8h2Z9H&sig=htx_8fMD_U1hvI1ypHJFWA7qQ40#v=onepage&q=suffrage&f=false Page 446. Question: : According to Margaret Murray Washington, why is universal suffrage important for the United States? For more information on Margaret Murray Washington, read Sheena Harris’s article on her in Alabama Women: Their Lives and Times (University of Georgia Press, 2017).

Pattie Ruffner Jacobs, Suffragist Narrated by Alex Colvin, Public Programs Curator, ADAH Alabama Women: Portraits of Persistence, to view the virtual exhibit, visit https://www.alabamahistoryhome.org/portraits-of-persistence To view relevant Alabama Course of Study Standards for Social Studies https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YAytRJOqF8aD8b3XDB2lTX7Sf0MfgGHbgwUnuekzv6E/edit?usp=sharing Education Video Question: Why did Pattie Ruffner Jacobs begin to work for a federal amendment? Education Primary Source: “Woman Suffrage and the Race Problem in the South” by Pattie Ruffner Jacobs https://www.newspapers.com/image/306261200/?terms=Pattie%2BRuffner%2BJacobs Question: In this article, Jacobs focuses on the question of race and suffrage in the South. Why does she believe that African American women will not be a “problem” with a suffrage amendment? What is her argument about African American men and women’s suffrage? For more information on Pattie Ruffner Jacobs, visit http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1107

Bossie O’Brien Hundley, Suffragist Narrated by Alex Colvin, Public Programs Curator, ADAH Alabama Women: Portraits of Persistence, to view the virtual exhibit visit https://www.alabamahistoryhome.org/portraits-of-persistence To view relevant Alabama Course of Study Standards for Social Studies, https://docs.google.com/document/d/1klQXia1NIhexP6FFeghbHgpRO_uovYzIMReLTOyeBGw/edit?usp=sharing Education Video Question: Name one method that Bossie O’ Brien Hundley used in her attempts to get the state suffrage amendment passed. Education Primary Source: “Brief in Behalf of Pending Bills and Constitutional Amendments Seeking to Confer the Right of Suffrage upon the Women of Alabama,” by Bossie O’Brien Hundley http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/13096 Question: In this brief, Bossie O’Brien Hundley argues for a state amendment in Alabama. What are two arguments Hundley makes as to why 1915 is the year for an amendment? For more information on Bossie O’Brien Hundley, visit http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-4182

Narrated by Joyia Pittman, Education Curator, ADAH Alabama Women: Portraits of Persistence, to view the virtual exhibit visit https://www.alabamahistoryhome.org/portraits-of-persistence To view relevant Alabama Course of Study Standards for Social Studies, https://docs.google.com/document/d/19f1zInZr1TJ1IK-SMQimFtrsx9nPsbuk7v9BJWVJYfA/edit?usp=sharing Education Video Question: Segregation means to set something or someone apart from other things or people. In Alabama, the segregation of white and black citizens was the way of life for a very long time. How do you think Coretta felt growing up in a segregated society? How would you feel? Education Primary Source: “We May Yet Not Only Survive, We May Triumph” https://harvardmagazine.com/sites/default/files/Coretta%20King-Class-Day-68.pdf In “We May Yet Not Only Survive, We May Triumph,” Coretta Scott King is addressing the Class of 1968 at Harvard University. How are the students of 1968 different from those before them? How are you different from the students from 1968? For more information on Coretta Scott King, visit http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1489

Narrated by Hayden McDaniel, Education Curator, ADAH Alabama Women: Portraits of Persistence, to view the virtual exhibit, visit https://www.alabamahistoryhome.org/portraits-of-persistence To view relevant Alabama Course of Study Standards for Social Studies, https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BOev7aXUS33GcFKoQCX3OA3aZ7RqSwLpccSulpKBXyg/edit?usp=sharing Education Video Question: Tallulah Bankhead wanted to be a silent film star. What do you know about silent films? What about silent films would be easier to film than movies today? What might make them more difficult to film? Education Primary Source: “Actress to Aid Truman Cause,” South Bend Tribune, South Bend, IN, October 21, 1948; and clipping from the Dothan Eagle, October 27, 1948, accessible at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UyAjPz3DvsfNMPhXhtm4AbVeyNwjzQ5S/view?usp=sharing Question: Read the clipping from the Dothan Eagle and the article from the South Bend Tribune. What was the significance of the position Bankhead adopted during the 1948 presidential election? How can you talk to friends or family members about issues you disagree about? For more information on Tallulah Bankhead, visit http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1432

Narrated by Hayden McDaniel, Education Curator, ADAH Alabama Women: Portraits of Persistence, to view the virtual exhibit, visit https://www.alabamahistoryhome.org/portraits-of-persistence To view relevant Alabama Course of Study Standards for Social Studies, https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YWz9PX1DVO4KBq32NLDY6pes602iQLq5HBXua_D4Aog/edit. Education Video Question: How many statewide offices was Pool elected to during her career? What politicians in Alabama do you know of? Education Primary Source: “State’s Only Woman Legislator Honored,” Democrat Reporter, Linden, AL, November 3, 1938, accessible at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w-JhlOkl50NYZSrBU66_EYRbbhF5szRB/view?usp=sharing. Question: Read the article, “State’s Only Woman Legislator Honored.” To what did Pool credit her political success? Why do you suppose she comported herself as she did among her legislative peers? What else do you find interesting about Pool’s perspective exhibited in this article?