Uplifting the Women and the Race
Subtitle: The Lives, Educational Philosophies and Social Activism of Anna Julia Cooper and Nannie Helen Burroughs (Studies in African American History and Culture)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge; Garland Pub.
Published: July 24, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780815314776
Subjects: Black studies; Teaching of ethnic minorities; Women's studies; Women In Education; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Biography/Autobiography; Popular Culture - General; U.S. - Political And Civil Rights Of Blacks; Political Science; Biography / Autobiography; General; USA; Burroughs, Nannie Helen,; Art / Popular Culture; 1879-; United States; (Anna Julia),; 1858-1964; African American women educators; Biography; Cooper, Anna J; Educators
First sentence: Feminist educator Maxine Green notes that for more than a century "most histories of [American public] education were written by men and focused largely on what male leaders said and did in the field."
Description: The lives and educational contributions of two innovators in African-American education are explored, as they help transform institutionally oppressive structures.