| Variant title |
Black female intellectuals in 19th century America |
| Contents |
Introduction: Searching for Black Female Intellectuals in Nineteenth Century America -- "Citizenship Divas" of Nineteenth Century America: Black Female Intellectuals and the Complexities of Performance -- "I Must Speak, I Must Think, I Must Act." [Laura Simmes, 1864]: The Christian Recorder, Literary Activism, and the Black Female Intellectual -- "The Darling Offspring of Her Brain." [Harriet Powers, c. 1892]: Creativity, Quiet Activism, and Nineteenth Century Black Female Artist as Intellectuals -- "Oh Yea, Daughters of Africa, awake! Awake! Arise" [Maria W. Stewart, 1831]: Nineteenth Century Black Nationalism and Questions of Gender, Race & Home -- "Labor[ing] Advantageously in the Field" [Edmonia G. Highgate, 1864]: Black Female Educators and the Philosophy of Racial Uplift -- Conclusion: The Realities of Life (and Death) for the Nineteenth Century Black Female Intellectual. |
| Abstract |
"Drawing on letters, personal testimony, works of art, novels and historic Black newspapers, this book is an interdisciplinary exploration of Black women's contributions to the intellectual life of nineteenth century America. This book will be of interest to both undergraduate and postgraduate specialists and students in the fields of African American history, women's and gender history and American studies, as well as general readers interested in historical and biographical works"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Fraser, Rebecca J., 1978- Black female intellectuals in 19th century America. New York, NY : Routledge, 2023 9781003270973 |
| Genre/form | History |
| LCCN | 2022038449 |
| ISBN | 9781032220444 (hbk) |
| ISBN | 1032220449 (hbk) |
