Abstract
This chapter traces how Cuban women of African descent contributed to the development of the Black public sphere following the abolition of slavery in 1886. Women contributed to forging a Black public sphere sustained by the press, civic clubs, and educational institutions—as they pursued socioeconomic mobility and challenged racial discrimination. Their writings and associational activities helped determine the political goals of the community. Their public sphere activities also included labor, social events, government protests, building civic clubs, and educational endeavors. Elite and upwardly mobile Black women’s public engagement, rather than embracing patriarchal gender norms that relegated women to the home, challenged the gendered public-private dichotomy promoted by white Cuban elites. African-descended women who navigated the public sphere worked to inscribe themselves and their visions of citizenship into nationalist agendas.
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