Maria W. Stewart, America's First Black Woman Political Writer

Essays and Speeches

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ID19904537
AuthorsMarilyn Richardson (0000-0002-2315-6820, corresponding author), Maria W Stewart
Year1987
Pages136
Publication date1987-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueMaria W. Stewart, America's first Black woman political writer (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherIndiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2979/2294.0
OpenAlexW4409476824
Open LibraryOL18340440M
ISBN9780253363428
LanguageEN
Citations received13

"... enthusiastic, well-written... read it if you want to be inspired by a truly heroic woman." -New Directions for Women"... the fullest account to date of Stewart’s life and an excellent basis for understanding Stewart’s work." -History"This is informative and inspiring source material for today’s scholars, lay readers, and ‘professionals’... " -Journal of American HistoryIn gathering and introducing Stewart’s works, Richardson provides an opportunity for readers to study the thoughts and words of this influential early black female activist, a forerunner to Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth and the first black American to lecture in defense of women’s rights, placing her in the context of the swirling abolitionist movement

Art · Art history · Humanities · Performance art · Political science · Politics · Law · Race, History, and American Society · 19th century · African American authors · African American women · African americans · Afroamerikaiak · Anti-slavery movements · Antislavery movements · Collected works · Esclavage · History · Mouvements anti-esclavagistes · Noires américaines · Noirs américains · Nőtörténet · Politikai író · Quelle · Rabszolgafelszabadító mozgalmak · Schwarze Frau · Slavery · to 1863 · Történet · united states

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