Maria W. Stewart, America's First Black Woman Political Writer: Essays and Speeches

ISBN-13: 9780253204462 / Angielski / Miękka / 1987 / 160 str.

Maryilyn Richardson; Marilyn Richardson; Marilyn Richardson

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..". enthusiastic, well-written... read it if you want to be inspired by a truly heroic woman." New Directions for Women..". the fullest account to date of Stewart s life and an excellent basis for understanding Stewart s work." History"This is informative and inspiring source material for today s scholars, lay readers, and professionals ... " Journal of American HistoryIn gathering and introducing Stewart s works, Richardson provides an opportunity for readers to study the thoughts and words of this influential early black female activist, a forerunner to Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth and the first black American to lecture in defense of women s rights, placing her in the context of the swirling abolitionist movement."