In Pursuit of Knowledge: Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America by Baumgartner, Kabria
In Pursuit of Knowledge: Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America by Baumgartner, Kabria

In Pursuit of Knowledge: Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America

Winner, 2021 AERA Outstanding Book Award Winner, 2021 AERA Division F New Scholar's Book Award Winner, 2020...
HK$663.94
HK$663.94
SKU: 9781479823116
Product Type: Books
Please hurry! Only 306 left in stock
Author: Kabria Baumgartner
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Subtotal: $663.94
10 customers are viewing this product
In Pursuit of Knowledge: Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America by Baumgartner, Kabria

In Pursuit of Knowledge: Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America

$663.94
In Pursuit of Knowledge: Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America by Baumgartner, Kabria

In Pursuit of Knowledge: Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America

$663.94
Author: Kabria Baumgartner
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description

Winner, 2021 AERA Outstanding Book Award

Winner, 2021 AERA Division F New Scholar's Book Award

Winner, 2020 Mary Kelley Book Prize, given by the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic

Winner, 2020 Outstanding Book Award, given by the History of Education Society

Uncovers the hidden role of girls and women in the desegregation of American education

The story of school desegregation in the United States often begins in the mid-twentieth-century South. Drawing on archival sources and genealogical records, Kabria Baumgartner uncovers the story's origins in the nineteenth-century Northeast and identifies a previously overlooked group of activists: African American girls and women.

In their quest for education, African American girls and women faced numerous obstacles--from threats and harassment to violence. For them, education was a daring undertaking that put them in harm's way. Yet bold and brave young women such as Sarah Harris, Sarah Parker Remond, Rosetta Morrison, Susan Paul, and Sarah Mapps Douglass persisted.

In Pursuit of Knowledge argues that African American girls and women strategized, organized, wrote, and protested for equal school rights--not just for themselves, but for all. Their activism gave rise to a new vision of womanhood: the purposeful woman, who was learned, active, resilient, and forward-thinking. Moreover, these young women set in motion equal-school-rights victories at the local and state level, and laid the groundwork for further action to democratize schools in twentieth-century America. In this thought-provoking book, Baumgartner demonstrates that the confluence of race and gender has shaped the long history of school desegregation in the United States right up to the present.

Author: Kabria Baumgartner
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 12/31/2019
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781479823116

About the Author
Baumgartner, Kabria: - Kabria Baumgartner is the Dean's Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies as well as Associate Director of Public History at Northeastern University in Boston, MA.
Shipping & Return

Returns Policy

You may return most new, unopened items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. We'll also pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.).

You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).

If you need to return an item, simply login to your account, view the order using the "Complete Orders" link under the My Account menu and click the Return Item(s) button. We'll notify you via e-mail of your refund once we've received and processed the returned item.

Shipping

We can ship to virtually any address in the world. Note that there are restrictions on some products, and some products cannot be shipped to international destinations.

When you place an order, we will estimate shipping and delivery dates for you based on the availability of your items and the shipping options you choose. Depending on the shipping provider you choose, shipping date estimates may appear on the shipping quotes page.

Please also note that the shipping rates for many items we sell are weight-based. The weight of any such item can be found on its detail page. To reflect the policies of the shipping companies we use, all weights will be rounded up to the next full pound.

Review

Related Products

Example product title
HK$663.94
HK$663.94
Example product title
HK$663.94
HK$663.94
Example product title
HK$663.94
HK$663.94
Example product title
HK$663.94
HK$663.94
Example product title
HK$663.94
HK$663.94
Example product title
HK$663.94
HK$663.94
Example product title
HK$663.94
HK$663.94
Example product title
HK$663.94
HK$663.94
Example product title
HK$663.94
HK$663.94
Example product title
HK$663.94
HK$663.94

Recently Viewed Products