{"product_id":"a-colored-woman-in-a-white-world-9781538145975","title":"A Colored Woman In A White World","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Church Terrell (1863-1954) was one of the most remarkable women of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Active in both the civil rights movement and the campaign for women's suffrage, Terrell was a leading spokesperson for the National American Woman Suffrage Association, the first president of the National Association of Colored Women, and the first black woman appointed to the District of Columbia Board of Education and the American Association of University Women. She was also a charter member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this autobiography, originally published in 1940, Terrell describes the important events and people in her life.Terrell began her career as a teacher, first at Wilberforce College and then at a high school in Washington, D.C., where she met her future husband, Robert Heberton Terrell. After marriage, the women's suffrage movement attracted her interests and before long she became a prominent lecturer at both national and international forums on women's rights. A gifted speaker, she went on to pursue a career on the lecture circuit for close to thirty years, delivering addresses on the critical social issues of the day, including segregation, lynching, women's rights, the progress of black women, and various aspects of black history and culture. Her talents and many leadership positions brought her into close contact with influential black and white leaders, including Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Robert Ingersoll, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Jane Addams, and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a new introduction by Debra Newman Ham, professor of history at Morgan State University, this new edition of Mary Church Terrell's autobiography will be of interest to students and scholars of both women's studies and African American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rich life, full of unforgettable moments, this memoir reflects on the long life of Mary Church Terrell, an accomplished educator and activist who witnessed the momentous events of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. As the first president of the National Association of Colored Women, Terrell’s voice carried significant weight. This book offers a down-to-earth account of her long life in the United States during periods of major political struggles and social transformations, including arenas such as formal education, European culture in the 1890s, and American race politics. Terrell’s views and statements yield original ideas on women’s suffrage and civil rights, access to education, and struggles for black emancipation. This is a crucial and necessary text to complement our expanding recovery and understanding of the role of key black women leaders and the movements of which they were a part. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin\u003c\/p\u003e -- Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn early voice in Black feminism, Mary Church Terrell penned, “A white woman has only one handicap to overcome—that of sex. I belong to the only group in this country which has two such huge obstacles to surmount.” In an autobiography that is also the story of the still-unrealized promises of Emancipation, she documents her mobilization of an elite education and upbringing to confront handicaps imposed on what members of her race could achieve. Undertaken with historic Black figures and organizations, these struggles—for economic opportunities, the vote, desegregated facilities, and a fairer criminal justice system—continue. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Jane Anna Gordon, author of Statelessness and Contemporary Enslavement\u003c\/p\u003e -- Jane Anna Gordon, Associate Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies, University of Connecticut\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword, Debra Newman Ham\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Parents\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarly Childhood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI am Sent North to School\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Parents Send Me to Oberlin, Ohio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Enter Oberlin College\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eActivities During College Course\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Go to Memphis, Teach Wilberforce and Washington and Go Abroad\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Study in Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Europe with Mother and Brother\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Leave Berlin and Go to Florence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Return to the United States\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWith Frederick Douglass and Paul Dunbar at the World’s Fair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuying a Home Under Difficulties\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearning to Cook and Entertaining Guests\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Commissioners of the National Capital Appoint Me a Member of the School Board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe National American Woman Suffrage Association Invites Me to Speak\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClub Work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the Lecture Platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotable Lecture Engagements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrince Henry of Prussia, Dr. Brooker T. Washington\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Berlin, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDistinguished People I Met Abroad\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Efforts to Succeed as a Writer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Children and I\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Experience as a Clerk in a Government Department\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEfforts in Senate to Prevent Judge Terrell’s Confirmation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Secretary of War Suspends Order Dismissing Colored Soldiers at My Request\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarriet Beecher Stowe Centenary and My Sally into Spiritualism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrying to Get a Colored Girl into an Academy in the North \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTraveling Under Difficulties\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolitical Activities—Charged with Disorderly Conduct \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWork in War Camp Community Service \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDelegate to the International Peace Congress\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeeting Old Friends and New—Plus a Dose of Race Prejudice Administered by My Countrymen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Week-end Visit with Mr. and Mrs. H. G.Wells—I Meet Other Distinguished People in England\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmployed by Ruth Hanna McCormick to Help in Her Campaign for the United States Senate. Abroad with My Daughter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Few Cases of Friction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrossing the Color Line\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Colored Man’s Paradise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSocial Activities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Address the International Assembly of the World Fellowship of Faiths in London and Meet Haile Selassie \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying On \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041184940375,"sku":"9781538145975","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781538145975.jpg?v=1750949255","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-colored-woman-in-a-white-world-9781538145975","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}