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In Pursuit of Knowledge Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America / Kabria Baumgartner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baumgartner, Kabria, 1982- Author.
- Series:
- Early American places
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Race relations.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- African Americans--Education.
- African American women political activists.
- African American women educators.
- African Americans--Social conditions--19th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Education--History--19th century.
- African American women political activists--History--19th century.
- African American women educators--History--19th century.
- United States.
- United States--Race relations--History--19th century.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (235 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York New York University Press [2019]
- Summary:
- ""In Pursuit of Knowledge" explores Black women and educational activism in Antebellum America"--.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4798-7137-0
- OCLC:
- 1127934496
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