Details

Subject(s)

• Williams, Fannie Barrier [Browse]
• African American women political activists—Biography [Browse]
• African American women social reformers—Biography [Browse]
• African American women—New York (State)—Brockport—Biography [Browse]

Series

• New Black studies series [More in this series]
• The new Black studies series

Summary note

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.

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-229) and index.

Target audience

Specialized.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Source of description

Print version record.

Language note

English.

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""

ISBN

• 9780252095870 ((ebk.))
• 0252095871
• 0252038118
• 0252079590
• 9781306465175 ((MyiLibrary))
• 1306465176
• 9780252038112
• 9780252079597

LCCN

2019718699

OCLC

• 884854926
• 923498448
• 1067196558

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