A voice from the South / Anna Julia Cooper ; with an introduction by Mary Helen Washington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooper, Anna J. (Anna Julia), 1858-1964, author.

Contributor:

Washington, Mary Helen.

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):

Cooper, Anna J. (Anna Julia), 1858-1964.

African American women--Southern States--History--19th century.

African American women.

Cooper, Anna J. (Anna Julia), 1858-1964--Portraits.

Cooper, Anna J.

History.

Southern States--Race relations.

Southern States.

Race relations.

African Americans.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Women--United States--Social conditions.

Women.

Social conditions.

African American authors.

Women--Social conditions.

Local Subjects:

Southern States--Race relations.

Genre:

Portraits.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

liv pages, 6 unnumbered pages, iii, 304 pages, 6 unnumbered pages ; 17 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.

Summary:

In addition to resurrecting the works of black women authors, it is our hope that this set will facilitate the resurrection of the Afro-American woman's literary tradition itself by unearthing its nineteenth-century roots.

Contents:

Part First. Soprano Obligato. Womanhood a vital element in the regeneration and progress of a race; The higher education of woman; "Woman vs. the Indian"; The status of woman in America

Part Second. Tutti ad Libitum. Has America a race problem; if so, how can it best be solved?; The Negro as presented in American literature; What are we worth?; The gain from a belief.

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: Xenia, Ohio : The Aldine Printing House, 1892.

"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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages li-liv).

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards - Nonfiction, Winner, 1989

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

0195052463

9780195052466

0195052676

9780195052671

0195063236

9780195063233

OCLC:

16801609