Details

Subject(s)

• Potter, Eliza [Browse]
• Women—United States—History—19th century [Browse]
• African Americans—Ohio—Cincinnati—Biography [Browse]
• Beauty operators—Ohio—Cincinnati—Biography [Browse]
• United States—Social life and customs—1783-1865 [Browse]
• Cincinnati (Ohio)—Biography [Browse]

Series

• Schomburg library of nineteenth-century Black women writers [More in this series]
• The Schomburg library of nineteenth-century black women writers

Summary note

Eliza Potter's 1859 autobiography expresses her indignation, abolitionist sentiments, fiery temper, and sheer joy of life as she reveals the private selves of the white women whose heads she "combed." As an insider on the margins, her identity provides a unique vantage point for her story and that of the elites of nineteenth-century Cincinnati society.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. lix).

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

ISBN

0195061985

LCCN

^^^90042590^

OCLC

22108797

RCP

H - S

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