In Pursuit of Knowledge. Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America, Paperback - Kabria Baumgartner

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Kabria BaumgartnerNumber of pages: 320Collection: Early American PlacesPublication date: 2022Dimensi...

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A new history uncovers the crucial role women played in the great transformations of medical science and health care that accompanied the Italian R...

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Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): John KrigeIllustration(s): 8 tablesNumber of pages: 432Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 158 x...

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From 1865, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton led campaigns for equal rights for all but were ultimately defeated by a Congress and reform...

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