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Yes, that is a good point. Progressive feminists were very different but Susan B. Anthony, and other feminist leaders were also very racist in how they treated Black women and how they dismissed their pursuit for the right to vote.

https://www.npr.org/2011/03/25/134849480/the-root-how-racism-tainted-womens-suffrage

While the distinction is important I believe (because conservative feminists did not support voting rights), the overall point I'm making is that white women, regardless of their ideological leanings, have disregarding Black people. This is just one example.

I wrote about this a while back.

https://allyfromnola.medium.com/the-19th-amendment-did-not-liberate-black-women-9ce63cec4c32

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Dr. Allison Wiltz
Dr. Allison Wiltz

Written by Dr. Allison Wiltz

Black womanist scholar with a PhD from New Orleans, LA with bylines in Oprah Daily, Momentum, ZORA, Cultured. #WEOC Founder

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