Making the World a Better Place

African American Women Advocates, Activists, and Leaders, 1773-1900

Jacqueline Jones Royster (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

384 Seiten

2023
University of Pittsburgh Press (Verlag)
978-0-8229-6706-4 (ISBN)

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In Making the World a Better Place, Royster argues that African American women must be taken seriously as historical actors who were more consistently and more variously engaged in community - and nation-building than they have been given credit for. Their considerable rhetorical expertise becomes evident when looking carefully at their work in terms of identity, agency, authority, and expressiveness. Their writings constitute a substantial artifactual record of their levels of engagement, their excellence in sociopolitical work, and the legacies of leadership and action. The writing of African American women during the nineteenth century reflects their own perceptions of the ways and means of their lives. They deserve to be recognized as consequential contributors to the narratives of the nation, rather than marginalized as a group. To that end, Jacqueline Jones Royster offers a deeper understanding, often through their own words, of these women, their practices, and their achievements.

Jacqueline Jones Royster, associate professor of English at the Ohio State University, has three complementary areas of interest: the rhetorical history of women of African descent, the development of literacy, and delivery systems for the teaching of wri

Erscheinungsdatum	27.06.2023
Reihe/Serie	Composition, Literacy, and Culture
Verlagsort	Pittsburgh PA
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-8229-6706-5 / 0822967065
ISBN-13	978-0-8229-6706-4 / 9780822967064
Zustand	Neuware