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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... did go until tenth grade . And uh , my mother I don't ever remember my mother eh , ever having said that she had gone to the doctor . You know , most blacks at that particular time , didn't have too much of uh , too much medical attention .
... did go until tenth grade . And uh , my mother I don't ever remember my mother eh , ever having said that she had gone to the doctor . You know , most blacks at that particular time , didn't have too much of uh , too much medical attention .
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... T , it was Model A. And it had the rumble seat , oh gee , you know , such a thrill ! And the fact that my parents allowed me to go in the car , flying , flying down the road at 20 miles an hour . Both of my parents , even though they didn't ...
... T , it was Model A. And it had the rumble seat , oh gee , you know , such a thrill ! And the fact that my parents allowed me to go in the car , flying , flying down the road at 20 miles an hour . Both of my parents , even though they didn't ...
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... didn't know everything there was to know as I got into what we call junior high school . In college I majored in ... t recall being stared at . . . . Nobody said , " Oh , you can't do that " . And I think part of the reason I didn't pay ...
... didn't know everything there was to know as I got into what we call junior high school . In college I majored in ... t recall being stared at . . . . Nobody said , " Oh , you can't do that " . And I think part of the reason I didn't pay ...
Table des matières
Nine Narratives | 3 |
African | 65 |
Climbing the Ladder of Success from the | 87 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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