Uplifting the Women and the Race

The Lives, Educational Philosophies and Social Activism of Anna Julia Cooper and Nannie Helen Burroughs

• Author(s): Karen Johnson,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 224
• ISBN_10: 1136514481
  ISBN_13: 9781136514487
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Art / Popular Culture , History / General , Social Science / Media Studies , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social ,

Description:... First published in 2000. 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.