Homespun Heroines and Other Women of DistinctionHallie Quinn Brown 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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Homespun Heroines and Other Women of Distinction Hallie Q. Brown,Josephine Turpin Washington Limited preview - 1926 |
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