Uplifting the Women and the Race: The Lives, Educational Philosophies and Social Activism of Anna Julia Cooper and Nannie Helen Burroughs

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ISBN: 9780815314776 | 0815314779
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 7/24/2000

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This study explores the lives, educational philosophies, and social activism of Anna Julia Cooper and Nannie Helen Burroughs. They were among the most outstanding late 19th and early 20th century Black women educators. The study identifies and analyzes themes that illuminate Cooper and Burroughs' "unique angle of vision of self, community, and society" as it relates to their distinctive educational philosophies and contributions to American education.

Preface

Acknowledgments

Note on Language Usage

xix

Introduction

xxi

The Problem

xxi

Context of the Study

xxv

Significance of the Study

xxviii

Notes

xxx

Theoretical Framework

(14)

Black Feminist Theory

(4)

Methodological Perspective

(2)

Historical and Biographical Research

(1)

Data Collection

(2)

Data Analysis

(1)

Notes

(3)

The History of Black Education

(18)

Black Education: Pre and Post Civil War Years

(5)

End of Reconstruction

(1)

Educational Ideologies in the Post-Reconstruction Era

(1)

The Education of African American Women

(2)

The Influence of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois on the Education of Black Women

(1)

Pioneer African American Women Educators

(2)

Summary and Conclusion

(1)

Notes

(5)

``To Get an Education and to Teach My People'': Family Background of Anna Julia Cooper

(32)

Going to School: From the Reconstruction to the Post-Reconstruction Era

(6)

Oberlin Years (1881--1884)

(4)

Family Background of Nannie Helen Burroughs

(3)

Going to School: 1883--1896

(1)

Washington Colored High School

(5)

Summary and Conclusion

(1)

Notes

(8)

``A Career to Build, a People to Serve, a Purpose to Accomplish''

(66)

The Professional Careers of Anna Julia Cooper and Nannie Helen Burroughs

(1)

Anna Julia Cooper

(14)

The Controversy

(6)

Anna Julia Cooper's Presidency at Frelinghuysen University

(5)

Nannie Helen Burroughs

(5)

Ideas about Women's Education: The National Training School

(3)

Financial Support

(2)

The Controversy

101

(2)

Anna Julia Cooper's and Nannie Helen Burroughs' Educational Philosophies

103

(11)

Summary and Conclusion

114

(1)

Notes

115

(16)

``Lifting as They Climb''

131

(28)

Defining Black Women's Activism

132

(1)

Black Women's Activist Tradition: An Historical Overview

133

(1)

In Response to Race and Gender Oppression and Economic Subordination

134

(11)

Anna Julia Cooper's and Nannie Helen Burroughs' Struggle for Group Survival and Institutional Transformation

145

(7)

Summary and Conclusion

152

(1)

Notes

153

(6)

Conclusion: Lives of Service

159

(10)

Notes

167

(2)

Selected Bibliography

169

(10)

Index

179

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Uplifting the Women and the Race: The Lives, Educational Philosophies and Social Activism of Anna Julia Cooper and Nannie Helen Burroughs

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