by XiomaraSantamarina (Author)
According to nineteenth-century racial uplift ideology, African American women served their race best as reformers and activists. This book examines the autobiographies of four women who diverged from that ideal and defended the legitimacy of their self-supporting wage labor.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 238
Edition: 1
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 31 Oct 2005
ISBN 10: 0807856487
ISBN 13: 9780807856482