Homespun Heroines and Other Women of Distinction

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Hallie Quinn Brown
Oxford University Press, 1988 - Biography & Autobiography - 248 pages
Hallie Q. Brown and twenty-eight contributors recreate the lives of sixty remarkable Afro-American women, all born in the United States or Canada between the 1740s and the end of the nineteenth century. Slaves and social workers, artists and activists, cake makers and home makers, their stories offer unusual insight into female networks, patterns of voluntary association, work, religion, family life, and black women's culture.

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Contents

ForewordJosephine Turpin Washington
v
Martha PayneH Q B
1
Sojourner TruthH Q B
13
Elizabeth N SmithMaritcha R Lyons
18
Sarah H FayerweatherMaritcha R Lyons
23
Dinah CoxAmy Logan
30
Jane RobertsH Q B
46
Aunt MacH Q B
50
Susan P VashonEmma V Gossett
133
Anna E HudlunJoan S Porter
141
Elizabeth KeckleyEva N Wright
147
Margaret E ReidErnestine W Green
154
Susan S McK StewardMaritcha R Lyons
160
An AddressH Q B
165
Lucy S ThurmanAnna H Jones
176
BaldwinH Q B
182

Harriet TubmanMaritcha R Lyons
60
Harriet TubmanAmerican Review
66
Grandmother GrossMrs John Brown
69
Eliza Anne ClarkWillie A Wagner
81
Catherine A DelanyH Q B
90
Frances E W HarperH Q B
97
Caroline S A HillCharlotte E Stephens
104
Sarah J S GarnetMaritcha R Lyons
110
Eliza A GardnerSarah L Fleming
117
Anne E BaltimoreHer Daughter
127
Mary E MossellMary M Lee
194
Agnes J AdamsMaritcha R Lyons
200
Victoria E MatthewsFrances R Keyser
208
Mary B TalbertNettie L Napier
217
Susan E FrazierH Q B
222
Emma A HackleyM M Marshall
231
Laura A BrownH Q B
237
Sarah G JonesOra B Stokes
247
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