1st Edition
Teach the Nation Pedagogies of Racial Uplift in U.S. Women's Writing of the 1890s
By Anne-Elizabeth Murdy
Copyright 2003
196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
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Is knowledge power? In Teach the Nation , Anne-Elizabeth Murdy explores the history and contradictions in the notion that education and literacy are vital means for improving social and political status in the US. By closely examining the rapidly shifting social context of education, and the emerging literature by and for African-American women during the 1890s, Murdy proves that the histories... Read more
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Chapter I. Schools and Books: Public Education, Racial Uplift in the Woman's Era, and Literary Studies Chapter II. Go South about 800 Miles: Clubwomen, Missionary Teachers and A Voice From the South Chapter III. Iola Leroy and the Responsibility to Teach Chapter IV. Girls In and Out of School: Education, Community and Nation in Kelley-Hawkins and Hopkins Chapter V. To Create a Generation Unfit for Slavery: Defining Democratic Education EPILOGUE: Public Education and the Properties of Young People WORK CONSULTED
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Anne-Elizabeth Murdy
