Talk:Women's Political Council

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I would suggest talking about how the Women's Political council was different to other Civil Right Movements and how progress of this organization made different strides. Also, maybe add more detail as to why it was created instead of just merging with other movements in the past. Sberkley (talk) 20:51, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

Women’s Political Council Article Outline

I) What Did Jo Ann Robinson do After the WPC? a) Published a memoir in The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It: The Memoir of Jo Ann Robinson b) Taught at Grambling State College c) Moved to Los Angeles d) Remained Politically Active II) Mary Fair Burks After WPC a) Resigned from Alabama State College in 1960 b) Taught Literature at the University of Maryland c) Retired 1986 d) National Endowment for the Humanities 1979 III) Add missing inline citations IV) WPC Role in Feminism — Preceding unsigned comment added by JrvsXavier (talk • contribs) 15:44, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

Article Draft Robinson left Alabama State College in 1960 after several teachers had been fired for their participation in the boycott. She taught for one year at Grambling State College in Grambling, Louisiana, then moved to Los Angeles, where she taught English in the public schools until 1976, when she retired. After retiring, Robinson remained active in a host of civic and social groups, giving one day a week of free service to the city of Los Angeles and serving in the League of Women Voters, the Alpha Gamma Omega chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the Angel City chapter of the Links, the Black Women's Alliance, the Founders Church of Religious Science, and Women on Target. In 1987 Robinson published her memoir about the boycott, The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It, which won the publication prize by the Southern Association for Women's Historians. Through her historical work, Robinson helped restore women to their proper place in the Montgomery boycott, and through her political commitment, she helped launch one of the most important civil rights struggles in the Jim Crow South. In 1960, Burks resigned from Alabama State College after several professors were fired for their involvement in civil rights issues. She then taught literature at the University of Maryland until her retirement in 1986. Page 131 Olson, Lynne. Freedom's daughters: The unsung heroines of the civil rights movement from 1830 to 1970. Simon and Schuster, 2001. Burks was appointed to a National Endowment for the Humanities reviewing panel in 1979.[4] newspaper from Wikipedia link The group led efforts in the early 1950s to secure better treatment for Black bus passengers, and in December 1955 it initiated the thirteen month bus boycott The group's initial purposes were to foster women's involvement in civic affairs, to promote voter registration through citizenship education, and to aid women who were victims of rape or assault. One of its most successful programs was an annual event called Youth City, which taught Black high school students about politics and government and "what democracy could and should mean". During election campaigns the WPC worked with the white-only League of Women Voters to inform Black citizens about political candidates In 1949, Jo Ann Robinson, a newly hired English professor at Alabama State College, joined the council. Her firsthand experiences with segregated seating on buses prompted Robinson to to succeed Burks as WPC president in 1950 and to shift the council's primary focus to challenging the seating policy. Under her leadership the council grew to over 200 members and expanded to three chapters in different areas of the city. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JrvsXavier (talk • contribs) 22:03, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

The statement ″The Women's political council was formed because of these indignities." in this page's bus boycott section seems to contradict the origins section as well as our Jo-Ann Robinson page. I suspect this page's bus boycott section is in error but it's possible both of the pages I linked to are in error.

According to Wikipedia the WPC was formed 3 years before Jo Ann Robinson's incident on the bus. Also according to Wikipedia the WPC was formed in response to this incident. Both of these can't be true at the same time & this should be looked into.

Michael Young Username (talk) 20:56, 17 January 2021 (UTC)