A voice from the South / Anna Julia Cooper ; with an introduction by Mary Helen Washington.

New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.

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Considered one of the original texts foretelling the black feminist movement, this collection of essays, first published in 1892, offers an unparalleled view into the thought of black women writers in nineteenth-century America. A leading black spokeswoman of her time, Anna Julia Cooper came of age during a conservative wave in the black community, a time when men completely dominated African-American intellectual and political ideas. In these essays, Cooper criticizes black men for securing higher education for themselves through the ministry, while erecting roadblocks to deny women access to.

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Print version: Cooper, Anna J. (Anna Julia), 1858-1964. Voice from the South. New York : Oxford University Press, 1988

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Cover; CONTENTS; PART FIRST: SOPRANO OBLIGATO; WOMANHOOD A VITAL ELEMENT IN THE REGENERATION AND PROGRESS OF A RACE; THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF WOMAN; "WOMAN VS. THE INDIAN."; THE STATUS OF WOMAN IN AMERICA; PART SECOND: TUTTI AD LIBITUM; HAS AMERICA A RACE PROBLEM; IF SO, HOW CAN IT BEST BE SOLVED?; THE NEGRO AS PRESENTED IN AMERICAN LITERATURE; WHAT ARE WE WORTH?; THE GAIN FROM A BELIEF.

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