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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Main Author: Hendricks, Wanda A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Williams, Fannie Barrier.
African American women social reformers.
African American women political activists.
African American women.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Women.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Noires americaines > New York (État) > Brockport > Biographies.
Reformatrices sociales noires americaines > Biographies.
Femmes activistes noires americaines > Biographies.
African American women > New York (State) > Brockport > Biography.
African American women social reformers > Biography.
African American women political activists > Biography.
New York (State) > Brockport.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
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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