1915–1934: (Early Women’s Rights Organizing and the Revolutionary Foremothers — During Two Decades of Establishing Intellectual Communities Through Fundraisi…

1915–1934: (Early Women’s Rights Organizing and the Revolutionary Foremothers — During Two Decades of Establishing Intellectual Communities Through Fundraising and Reading Groups Garoute and Hudicourt Studying the History of Political Organizing in Haiti, Through Popular History and Storytelling Discussing Catherine Flon Défilée and the Daughters of a Revolution That Introduced the Modern World to Black Freedom, Yet History Seemed to Be Repeating Itself — Just as Women in Precolonial and Colonial Periods Had Become Symbols of Liberation After the 1930s Demonstrations They Also Remained Mythical Foremothers with No Concrete Rights, the National History Suggesting That Gender Equality Would Not Come Without Action from a United Front with Clear Demands): During the two decades of establishing their own intellectual communities through fundraising and reading groups in the occupation period, Alice Garoute and Thérèse Hudicourt studied the history of political organizing in Haiti. Through popular history and storytelling, they discussed Catherine Flon, Défilée, and the daughters of a revolution that introduced the modern world to Black freedom. Yet history seemed to be repeating itself. Just as women in the precolonial and colonial periods had become symbols of liberation for the nation, after the demonstrations in the 1930s they also remained mythical foremothers with no concrete rights in the independent nation. The national history suggested that gender equality would not come without action from a united front with clear demands for the Haitian government transitioning out from foreign rule. This history also suggested that a movement needed clear leadership.