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Press, platform, pulpit : Black feminist publics in the era of reform /

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"Press, Platform, Pulpit examines how early black feminism goes public by sheding new light on some of the major figures of early black feminism as well as bringing forward some lesser-known individuals who helped shape various reform movements"--provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zackodnik, Teresa C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Feminism > United States > History > 19th century.
African American feminists > History > 19th century.
African American social reformers > History > 19th century.
African American clergy > History > 19th century.
Social Science.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : going public : African American feminism in the era of reform
  • Soul winners and sanctified sisters : nineteenth-century African American preaching women
  • Internationalizing Black feminisms : Ellen Craft, Sarah Parker Remond, and American slavery in the British Isles and Ireland
  • "I don't know how you will feel when I get through" : racial difference, symbolic value, and Sojourner Truth
  • The platform, the pamphlet, and the press : Ida B. Wells's pedagogy of American lynching
  • "We must be up and doing" : feminist Black nationalism in the press
  • Conclusion : feminist affiliations in a divisive climate : Anna Julia Cooper's "Woman versus the Indian".