Title: Until there is justice
Description: In Until There Is Justice, author Jennifer Scanlon presents the first-ever biography of Hedgeman. Through a commitment to faith-based activism, civil rights, and feminism, Hedgeman participated in and led some of the 20th century's most important developments, including advances in education, public health, politics, and workplace justice. Simultaneously a dignified woman and scrappy freedom fighter, Hedgeman's life upends conventional understandings of many aspects of the civil rights and feminist movements. She worked as a teacher, lobbyist, politician, social worker, and activist, often crafting and implementing policy behind the scenes. Although she repeatedly found herself a woman among men, a black American among whites, and a secular Christian among clergy, she maintained her conflicting identities and worked alongside others to forge a common humanity.
Subjects: African American women civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, Civil rights, History, African Americans, Biography, Civil rights workers, African americans, biography, Civil rights movements, united states, African americans, civil rights, New york (n.y.), biography, New York Times reviewed
Places: United States, New York (State), New York
People: Anna Arnold Hedgeman (1899-1990)
Time periods: 20th century