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1 online resource (viii, 236 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
A New England girlhood -- The woman's era -- Contending forces -- We will never cease to protest -- Keen of wit, a brilliant mind -- Afterword -- Maria Baldwin and historical memory. |
Summary |
"Maria Baldwin (1856-1922) held a special place in the racially divided society of her time, as a highly respected educator at a largely white New England school and an activist who carried on the radical spirit of the Boston area's internationally renowned abolitionists from a generation earlier. African American sociologist Adelaide Cromwell called Baldwin "the lone symbol of Negro progress in education in the greater Boston area" during her lifetime. Baldwin used her respectable position to fight alongside more radical activists like William Monroe Trotter for full citizenship for fellow members of the black community. And, in her professional and personal life, she negotiated and challenged dominant white ideas about black womanhood. In Maria Baldwin's Worlds, Kathleen Weiler reveals both Baldwin's victories and what fellow activist W. E. B. Du Bois called her "quiet courage" in everyday life." --Provided by publisher. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Baldwin, Maria, 1856-1922.
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Professor Agassiz' School (Cambridge, Mass.) -- Biography.
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African American intellectuals -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge -- Biography.
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African American intellectuals. |
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Massachusetts -- Cambridge. |
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Biographies.
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African American women school principals -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge -- Biography.
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African American women school principals. |
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African American civil rights workers -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge -- Biography.
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African American civil rights workers. |
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Massachusetts -- Boston Region -- History -- 19th century.
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African Americans -- Civil rights. |
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Massachusetts -- Boston Region. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Single women -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge -- Biography.
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Single women. |
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Boston Region (Mass.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
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Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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Added Title |
Story of Black New England and the fight for racial justice |
Other Form: |
Print version: Weiler, Kathleen, author. Maria Baldwin's worlds Amherst, MA : University of Massachusetts Press, [2019] 9781625344779 (DLC) 2019020708 |
ISBN |
9781613767214 electronic book |
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161376720X electronic book |
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9781613767207 electronic book |
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1613767218 electronic book |
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9781625344779 hardcover |
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