A hairdresser's experience in high life / Eliza Potter ; with an introduction by Sharon G. Dean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Potter, Eliza.

Contributor:

Dean, Sharon G., writer of introduction.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Schomburg library of nineteenth-century Black women writers

The Schomburg library of nineteenth-century black women writers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beauty operators.

African Americans.

Women.

History.

United States--Social life and customs--1783-1865.

United States.

Manners and customs.

Women--United States--History--19th century.

Potter, Eliza.

African Americans--Ohio--Cincinnati--Biography.

Beauty operators--Ohio--Cincinnati--Biography.

Cincinnati (Ohio)--Biography.

Cincinnati (Ohio).

Ohio--Cincinnati.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

lix pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 294 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.

Summary:

Eliza Potter's 1859 autobiography expresses her indignation, abolitionist sentiments, fiery temper, and sheer joy of life as she reveals the private selves of the white women whose heads she "combed." As an insider on the margins, her identity provides a unique vantage point for her story and that of the elites of nineteenth-century Cincinnati society.

Notes:

"Whenever possible, the volumes in this set were reproduced directly from original materials. When availability, physical condition of original texts, or other circumstances prohibited this, volumes or portions of volumes were reset."--Publisher's Note.

Originally published: Cincinnati : E. Potter, 1859.

Includes bibliographical references (page lix).

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

ISBN:

0195061985

OCLC:

22108797