A Colored Woman In A White World
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5381-4597-5 (ISBN)
In this autobiography, originally published in 1940, Terrell describes the important events and people in her life.Terrell began her career as a teacher, first at Wilberforce College and then at a high school in Washington, D.C., where she met her future husband, Robert Heberton Terrell. After marriage, the women's suffrage movement attracted her interests and before long she became a prominent lecturer at both national and international forums on women's rights. A gifted speaker, she went on to pursue a career on the lecture circuit for close to thirty years, delivering addresses on the critical social issues of the day, including segregation, lynching, women's rights, the progress of black women, and various aspects of black history and culture. Her talents and many leadership positions brought her into close contact with influential black and white leaders, including Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Robert Ingersoll, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Jane Addams, and others.
With a new introduction by Debra Newman Ham, professor of history at Morgan State University, this new edition of Mary Church Terrell's autobiography will be of interest to students and scholars of both women's studies and African American history.
Mary Church Terrell was one of the first African-American women to earn a college degree, and became known as a national activist for civil rights and suffrage.
Foreword, Debra Newman Ham
Introduction
My Parents
Early Childhood
I am Sent North to School
My Parents Send Me to Oberlin, Ohio
I Enter Oberlin College
Activities During College Course
I Go to Memphis, Teach Wilberforce and Washington and Go Abroad
I Study in Germany
In Europe with Mother and Brother
I Leave Berlin and Go to Florence
I Return to the United States
With Frederick Douglass and Paul Dunbar at the World’s Fair
Buying a Home Under Difficulties
Learning to Cook and Entertaining Guests
The Commissioners of the National Capital Appoint Me a Member of the School Board
The National American Woman Suffrage Association Invites Me to Speak
Club Work
On the Lecture Platform
Notable Lecture Engagements
Prince Henry of Prussia, Dr. Brooker T. Washington
In Berlin, Germany
Distinguished People I Met Abroad
My Efforts to Succeed as a Writer
My Children and I
My Experience as a Clerk in a Government Department
Efforts in Senate to Prevent Judge Terrell’s Confirmation
The Secretary of War Suspends Order Dismissing Colored Soldiers at My Request
Harriet Beecher Stowe Centenary and My Sally into Spiritualism
Trying to Get a Colored Girl into an Academy in the North
Traveling Under Difficulties
Political Activities—Charged with Disorderly Conduct
Work in War Camp Community Service
Delegate to the International Peace Congress
Meeting Old Friends and New—Plus a Dose of Race Prejudice Administered by My Countrymen
A Week-end Visit with Mr. and Mrs. H. G.Wells—I Meet Other Distinguished People in England
Employed by Ruth Hanna McCormick to Help in Her Campaign for the United States Senate. Abroad with My Daughter
A Few Cases of Friction
Crossing the Color Line
The Colored Man’s Paradise
Social Activities
I Address the International Assembly of the World Fellowship of Faiths in London and Meet Haile Selassie
Carrying On
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Classics in Black Studies |
| Einführung | Debra Newman Ham |
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 141 x 208 mm |
| Gewicht | 572 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5381-4597-9 / 1538145979 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5381-4597-5 / 9781538145975 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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