Title Making the world a better place : African American women advocates, activists, and leaders, 1773-1900 / Jacqueline Jones Royster

Published Pittsburgh :: University of Pittsburgh Press, [2023] ©2023

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 457 pages) : illustrations Series Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture. Contents Preface and acknowledgments -- Overview -- Part I. Visibility -- Chapter 1. A pentadic view of African American women during the American Civil War -- Chapter 2. Negotiating ways forward -- Part II. Audibility -- Chapter 3. Before the Civil War -- Chapter 4. During the Civil War -- Chapter 5. After the Civil War -- Chapter 6. At the turn of the century -- Part III. Intelligibility -- Chapter 7. Recasting frameworks for engagement and regard -- Chapter 8. Shifting interpretive paradigms -- Last Words. Envisioning the last mile of a worthy quest -- Appendix. A sampling of nineteenth-century women's autobiographies, biographies, diaries, journals, memoirs, and letters -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-440) and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed August 29, 2023) Subject African American women political activists -- History -- 18th century African American women political activists -- History -- 19th century African American women political activists Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780822989912 0822989913

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