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Bustill (chapter 5, They Carried Us) published The Work of the Afro-American Woman in 1894, [1] she did...]]></description><link>https://www.theycarriedus.org/post/black-women-and-politics-setting-the-record-straight</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f68d364ee27250017f8dce0</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2020 16:24:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e3234_325985a62af641b7aeb20d1d3a6dc85f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_149,h_196,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Baker-Rogers and Traylor</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Work of the Afro-American Woman]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Philadelphian Gertrude E.H. 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