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Ahead of her time in yesteryear : Geraldyne Pierce Zimmerman comes of age in a Southern African American family / Kibibi Voloria Mack-Shelton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mack-Williams, Kibibi, 1955-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American families--Case studies.
- African American families.
- African American families--South Carolina--Orangeburg.
- African American women--South Carolina--Orangeburg--Biography.
- African American women.
- African Americans--South Carolina--Orangeburg--Biography.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--South Carolina--Orangeburg--Social conditions.
- Intergenerational relations--United States--Case studies.
- Intergenerational relations.
- Older people--South Carolina--Orangeburg--Biography.
- Older people.
- Orangeburg (S.C.)--Biography.
- Orangeburg (S.C.).
- Orangeburg (S.C.)--Rural conditions.
- Zimmerman, Geraldine Pierce, 1911-.
- Zimmerman, Geraldine Pierce.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Born into a relatively privileged family, Geraldyne Pierce Zimmerman earned a reputation as a maverick in her life-long home of Orangeburg, South Carolina, a semi-rural community where race and class were very much governed by the Jim Crow laws. Educated at Nashville's Fisk University, Zimmerman returned to Orangeburg to teach school, serve her community, and champion equal rights for African Americans and women. She was a woman far ahead of her time.Kibibi V. Mack-Shelton offers a vivid portrayal of the kind of black family seldom recognized for its role in the development of
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Prologue; Chapter 1. Ancestors: The Pierces and Tatnalls, 1860s-1910; Chapter 2. Jello: The Girl, 1910-1929; Chapter 3. Gerry: The Young Adult, 1929-1933; Chapter 4. Gerry: The Mother, 1933-1960s; Conclusion; Epilogue: Mrs. Z: Lady Maverick, 1960s-2010; Appendix. Population Statistics: South Carolina and Orangeburg; Tatnall-Pierce-Zimmerman Family Tree; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613098528
- 9781283098526
- 1283098520
- 9781572337367
- 1572337362
- OCLC:
- 699513583
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