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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789398303321

Autore

Hendricks Wanda A

Titolo

Fannie Barrier Williams : crossing the borders of region and race / / Wanda A. Hendricks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Urbana, Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-252-09587-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

The New Black Studies Series

Disciplina

920.009296073

Soggetti

African American women political activists

African American women social reformers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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""

Sommario/riassunto

By highlighting how Williams experienced a set of freedoms in the North that were not imaginable in the South, this clearly-written, widely accessible biography expands how we understand intellectual possibilities, economic success, and social mobility in post-Reconstruction America.