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In pursuit of knowledge : black women and educational activism in antebellum America / Kabria Baumgartner.
LIBRA LC2741 .B38 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baumgartner, Kabria, 1982- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American women educators--History--19th century.
- African American women educators.
- African American women political activists--History--19th century.
- African American women political activists.
- African Americans--Education--History--19th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Social conditions--19th century.
- Race relations.
- History.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- African Americans--Education.
- United States--Race relations--History--19th century.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 286 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- ""In Pursuit of Knowledge" explores Black women and educational activism in Antebellum America"-- Provided by publisher.
- 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
- Black girlhood and equal rights
- Character education and the antebellum classroom
- Conclusion. Going forward.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781479823116
- 1479823112
- OCLC:
- 1091845390
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