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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... century , " the black college woman was the exception of the exceptions " in that neither black nor white colleges wanted her ( 76 ) . Yet , in spite of these imposing barriers , African American women were not to be deterred . Progress ...
... century , " the black college woman was the exception of the exceptions " in that neither black nor white colleges wanted her ( 76 ) . Yet , in spite of these imposing barriers , African American women were not to be deterred . Progress ...
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... century . Up until Jean Fagan Yellin's extensive research uncovered that Harriet Jacobs was the actual author , the narrative was dismissed as either a fabrication or an “ as told to " account written by editor Lydia Maria Child ...
... century . Up until Jean Fagan Yellin's extensive research uncovered that Harriet Jacobs was the actual author , the narrative was dismissed as either a fabrication or an “ as told to " account written by editor Lydia Maria Child ...
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... century , Europeans had wondered aloud whether or not the African " species of men , ” . . . could ever create formal literature , could ever master " the arts and sciences . " If they could , the argument ran , then the African variety ...
... century , Europeans had wondered aloud whether or not the African " species of men , ” . . . could ever create formal literature , could ever master " the arts and sciences . " If they could , the argument ran , then the African variety ...
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
activities African American students African American women asked autobiography black women brother called campus career club collaborative course culture discrimination Dust Tracks early Elmira embedding example experience father felt finished high school friends gender girl gonna grade graduated grandfather grandmother guess happened Harriet Harriet Jacobs Harriet Wilson Henry Louis Gates Hurston's important interesting interview kind knew language law school lives Louisa male married Mattison mean mother narrator Nellie McKay never oral narrative parents Pauli Murray pause Phi Beta Kappa position question race racism redneck remember reported speech Schomburg Library segment sexism sister slave narratives slavery social Spanish speak story talk taught teacher teaching tell things thought tion told took town tradition trying woman words writing written Yeah York young Zora