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1 online resource (x, 286 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Early American Places Ser. ; v. 5
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Early American places.
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| Summary |
Uncovers the hidden role of girls and women in the desegregation of American education The story of school desegregation in the United States often begins in the mid-twentieth-century South. Drawing on archival sources and genealogical records, Kabria Baumgartner uncovers the story's origins in the nineteenth-century Northeast and identifies a previously overlooked group of activists: African American girls and women. In their quest for education, African American girls and women faced numerous obstacles--from threats and harassment to violence. For them, education was a daring undertaking that put them in harm's way. Yet bold and brave young women such as Sarah Harris, Sarah Parker Remond, Rosetta Morrison, Susan Paul, and Sarah Mapps Douglass persisted. In Pursuit of Knowledge argues that African American girls and women strategized, organized, wrote, and protested for equal school rights--not just for themselves, but for all. Their activism gave rise to a new vision of womanhood: the purposeful woman, who was learned, active, resilient, and forward-thinking. Moreover, these young women set in motion equal-school-rights victories at the local and state level, and laid the groundwork for further action to democratize schools in twentieth-century America. In this thought-provoking book, Baumgartner demonstrates that the confluence of race and gender has shaped the long history of school desegregation in the United States right up to the present |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prayer and protest at the Canterbury Female Seminary -- Race and reform at the Young Ladies' Domestic Seminary -- Women teachers in New York City -- Race, gender, and the American high school in Massachusetts -- Black girlhood and equal rights in Boston -- Character education and the antebellum classroom -- Conclusion. Going forward |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African American women educators -- History -- 19th century.
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African American women educators. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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African American women political activists -- History -- 19th century.
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African American women political activists. |
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African Americans -- Education -- History -- 19th century.
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African Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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African Americans -- Education. |
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United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
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African Americans -- Social conditions. |
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Race relations. |
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United States. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- 19th century. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Baumgartner, Kabria, 1982- In pursuit of knowledge. New York : New York University Press, [2019] 9781479823116 (DLC) 2019009450 (OCoLC)1091845390 |
| ISBN |
9781479871377 (electronic book) |
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1479871370 (electronic book) |
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9781479823116 (print) |
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1479823112 (print) |
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