Fannie Barrier Williams : Crossing the Borders of Region and Race /

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"In this first biography of Williams, Wanda A. Hendricks focuses on the critical role geography and social position played in Williams's life, illustrating how the reform activism of Williams and other black women was bound up with place and space. ... By highlighting how Williams experien...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hendricks, Wanda A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press, [2014]
Series:New Black studies series.
Subjects:
Williams, Fannie Barrier.
Williams, Fannie Barrier
African American women political activists > Biography.
African American women social reformers > Biography.
African American women > New York (State) > Brockport > Biography.
Femmes activistes noires américaines > Biographies.
Réformatrices sociales noires américaines > Biographies.
Noires américaines > New York (État) > Brockport > Biographies.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Women.
African American women
African American women political activists
African American women social reformers
New York (State) > Brockport
Electronic books.
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. North of Slavery: Brockport
  • 2. Completely Surrounded by Screens: A Raced Identity
  • 3. Creating Community in the Midwest: Chicago
  • 4. Crossing the Border of Race: The Unitarians, the World's Fair, and the Chicago Woman's Club
  • 5. A Distinctive Generation: The Colored Woman's Era
  • 6. The New Century: North and South Meet
  • 7. A New Era: Duty, Responsibility, and Tension
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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