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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... interesting . It was the gateway to the south and during the great exodus of blacks from the south , many of them came as far as our home town and couldn't get any further . . . and it was the caring blacks in those areas who made a ...
... interesting . It was the gateway to the south and during the great exodus of blacks from the south , many of them came as far as our home town and couldn't get any further . . . and it was the caring blacks in those areas who made a ...
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... interesting to note that the family expected the children to rise to the highest level possible in their chosen professions . Perhaps this approach encouraged achievement without pressure . The goal was general enough so that each child ...
... interesting to note that the family expected the children to rise to the highest level possible in their chosen professions . Perhaps this approach encouraged achievement without pressure . The goal was general enough so that each child ...
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... interesting woman . She was a fan of Isadora Duncan , the dancer . And she [ my mother ] was what we call an interpretive dancer , which would be like modern dance . She was active in civic work for a number of years and was involved in ...
... interesting woman . She was a fan of Isadora Duncan , the dancer . And she [ my mother ] was what we call an interpretive dancer , which would be like modern dance . She was active in civic work for a number of years and was involved in ...
Table des matières
Nine Narratives | 3 |
African | 65 |
Climbing the Ladder of Success from the | 87 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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