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What a Woman Ought to be and to Do
Stephanie J. Shaw
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Paperback. Explores the world of American Black professional women in a society that denied them full professional status. Shaw shows how, in spite of this, African-American families, communities and schools worked to encourage the self-confidence, individual initiative and social responsibility of girls. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL3; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
This work explores the inner world of American Black professional women during the Jim Crow era. It is a story of struggle and empowerment, of the strength of a group of women who worked against daunting odds to improve the world for themselves and their people. Shaw has done research into the lives of social workers, librarians, nurses and teachers from the 1870s through the 1950s. The women tell, in their own words, about their families, their values and their expectations. Shaw explains the forces and factors that made them exceptional and of the choices and commitments that made them ... Read more
This work explores the inner world of American Black professional women during the Jim Crow era. It is a story of struggle and empowerment, of the strength of a group of women who worked against daunting odds to improve the world for themselves and their people. Shaw has done research into the lives of social workers, librarians, nurses and teachers from the 1870s through the 1950s. The women tell, in their own words, about their families, their values and their expectations. Shaw explains the forces and factors that made them exceptional and of the choices and commitments that made them ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Women in Culture and Society Series
Number of Pages
364
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226751207
SKU
V9780226751207
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