My Soul is My Own: Oral Narratives of African American Women in the ProfessionsRoutledge, 1993 - 213 pages Presents the lives of early 20th-century African-American women in a unique context - their own words. The women themselves are as extraordinary as the language they use to describe their experiences, at home, university and work. |
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... appearance and um , gentility and dignity and so forth . And he had been given a barber shop by that master when , when he married , so he'd never really worked ah , in any difficult situation and he was also a barber in Chicago . My ...
... appearance and um , gentility and dignity and so forth . And he had been given a barber shop by that master when , when he married , so he'd never really worked ah , in any difficult situation and he was also a barber in Chicago . My ...
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... appeared to find good use for their child's time in the interim . Some opted for their daughters to work , whereas others sent their daughters away for further education on the high school level . Coupled with the issue of early ...
... appeared to find good use for their child's time in the interim . Some opted for their daughters to work , whereas others sent their daughters away for further education on the high school level . Coupled with the issue of early ...
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... appeared to be convinced that anonymity was the best way to protect family and friends still enslaved at the time of her writing : I had determined to let others think as they pleased but my lips should be sealed and no one had a right ...
... appeared to be convinced that anonymity was the best way to protect family and friends still enslaved at the time of her writing : I had determined to let others think as they pleased but my lips should be sealed and no one had a right ...
Table des matières
Nine Narratives | 3 |
African | 65 |
Climbing the Ladder of Success from the | 87 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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My Soul is My Own: Oral Narratives of African American Women in the Professions Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis Aucun aperçu disponible - 1993 |
My Soul is My Own: Oral Narratives of African American Women in the Professions Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis Aucun aperçu disponible - 1993 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
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