Belabored Professions
Subtitle: Narratives of African American Working Womanhood
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: February 23, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780807856482
Subjects: Literary studies: 19th century; History and criticism; American prose literature; Social Science; Ethnic Issues; English; Sociology; USA; American - African American; American - African American & Black; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Women's Studies - General; Social Science / African-American Studies; Sojourner Truth; Elizabeth Keckley; Eliza Potter; Harriet Wilson; African American autobiography; African American citizenship; women's citizenship; women workers; African American workers; A Hairdresser's Experience in High Life; 19th century; African American authors; Women authors
First sentence: I begin this story of African American womanhood, antebellum work, and literary authority with Sojourner Truth, one of the best-known antislavery and women's rights reformers in her time and in our own.