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Fannie Barrier Williams : Crossing the Borders of Region and Race /

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"In this first biography of Williams, Wanda A. Hendricks focuses on the critical role geography and social position played in Williams's life, illustrating how the reform activism of Williams and other black women was bound up with place and space. ... By highlighting how Williams experien...

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Main Author: Hendricks, Wanda A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Williams, Fannie Barrier.
African American women political activists > Biography.
African American women social reformers > Biography.
African American women > New York (State) > Brockport > Biography.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
ISBN:9780252095870
0252095871
0252038118
0252079590
9781306465175
1306465176
9780252038112
9780252079597
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. North of Slavery: Brockport
  • 2. Completely Surrounded by Screens: A Raced Identity
  • 3. Creating Community in the Midwest: Chicago
  • 4. Crossing the Border of Race: The Unitarians, the World's Fair, and the Chicago Woman's Club
  • 5. A Distinctive Generation: The Colored Woman's Era
  • 6. The New Century: North and South Meet
  • 7. A New Era: Duty, Responsibility, and Tension
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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