Black Foremothers

Three Lives

Author: Dorothy Sterling
ISBN: 9780935312898

   Three heroic women whose stories, in the words of Margaret Walker, "every woman, man, and child should know": Ellen Craft, the daring runaway Georgia slave who used her freedom to serve the cause of abolition; Ida B. Wells, th firebrand journalist whose crusade against lynching awakened the consciousness of a nation; and Mary Church Terrell, a gifted and untiring leader in the movement for suffrage, civil rights, and world peace. Through painstaking research, Sterling notonly produces a fascinating account of three outstanding leaders; she also documents the role hitherto "faceless, nameless millions of African-American women" have played in shaping our culture and history. Reflecting and connecting the historical struggle of the years 1826 through 1954, Black Foremothers will captivate and inspire readers, young and old.

Publisher: Feminist Press at CUNY
Publish Date: 1988

Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / General, Biography & Autobiography / Women, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Biography/Autobiography)