ISBN:
978-1-4798-2311-6
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 286 Seiten :
,
Illustrationen, Porträts.
Series Statement:
Early American places
DDC:
371.82996073
Keywords:
Geschichte 1800-1899
;
African American women educators / History / 19th century
;
African American women political activists / History / 19th century
;
African Americans / Education / History / 19th century
;
African Americans / Social conditions / 19th century
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
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Schwarze Frau.
;
Erzieherin.
;
Aktivistin.
;
Ethnische Beziehungen.
;
Soziale Situation.
;
United States / Race relations / History / 19th century
;
USA.
;
Schwarze Frau
;
Erzieherin
;
Aktivistin
;
Ethnische Beziehungen
;
Soziale Situation
;
Geschichte 1800-1899
Abstract:
""In Pursuit of Knowledge" explores Black women and educational activism in Antebellum America"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Prayer and protest at the Canterbury Female Seminary -- Race and reform at the Young Ladies' Domestic Seminary -- Women teachers in New York City -- Race, gender, and the American high school in Massachusetts -- Black girlhood and equal rights in Boston -- Character education and the antebellum classroom -- Conclusion. Going forward
