Doers of the Word
Carla L. Peterson(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 11. May 1995
Book
Hardback
293 pages
978-0-19-508519-8 (ISBN)
Description
This is a study of ten 19th-century female African-American social activists, who were engaged in both deed and word in the most important reform movements of their time. It argues that these women were often hampered in their efforts by their exclusion from positions of power within the institutions of the black male elite. As a consequence, they sought and found sites of power in religious evangelicalism, travel, public speaking and fiction writing.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
halftones, bibliography
ISBN-13
978-0-19-508519-8 (9780195085198)
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Schweitzer Classification