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Demanding justice : a story about Mary Ann Shadd Cary /

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Describes the life of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, nineteenth-century educator, writer, newspaper editor, and civil rights worker who was the first African-American woman to enter law school or to publish a newspaper.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ferris, Jeri
Other Authors: Smith, Kimanne (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2003]
Series:Creative minds biography.
Subjects:
Cary, Mary Ann Shadd, > 1823-1893 > Juvenile literature.
African American women civil rights workers > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature.
Free African Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Newspaper editors > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Educators > Canada > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Cary, Mary Ann Shadd, > 1823-1893.
Educators.
Civil rights workers.
African Americans > Biography.
Women > Biography.
Description
Summary:Describes the life of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, nineteenth-century educator, writer, newspaper editor, and civil rights worker who was the first African-American woman to enter law school or to publish a newspaper.
Physical Description:64 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Awards:Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2004.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 61-62) and index.
ISBN:157505177X (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)