In pursuit of knowledge : Black women and educational activism in antebellum America / Kabria Baumgartner.

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""In Pursuit of Knowledge" explores Black women and educational activism in Antebellum America"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baumgartner, Kabria, 1982- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2019]
Series:Early American places.
Subjects:
African American women educators > History > 19th century.
African American women political activists > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Education > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Social conditions > 19th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies.
African American women educators.
African American women political activists.
African Americans > Education.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Race relations.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
United States.
1800-1899
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:x, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Prayer and protest at the Canterbury Female Seminary
  • Race and reform at the Young Ladies' Domestic Seminary
  • Women teachers in New York City
  • Race, gender, and the American high school
  • Black girlhood and equal school rights
  • Character education and the antebellum classroom
  • Conclusion. Going forward.