In pursuit of knowledge [electronic resource] : black women and educational activism in Antebellum America / Kabria Baumgartner.

Show other versions (1)

""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]
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.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2019 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2019 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
In Pursuit of Knowledge: Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America
Format: Electronic eBook
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 in Massachusetts
  • Black girlhood and equal rights in Boston
  • Character education and the antebellum classroom
  • Conclusion. Going forward.