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Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 331 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A Princeton University historian describes her post-retirement decision to study art, a venture that compelled her to find relevance in the undervalued masters she loves, the obstacles faced by women artists, and the challenges of balancing art and life.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 496 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Historian Painter centers her momentous study of racial classification on the slave trade and the nation-building efforts which dominated the United States in the 18th century, when thinkers led by Ralph Waldo Emerson strove to explain the rapid progress of America within the context of white superiority. Her research is filled with frequent, startling realizations about how tenuous and temporary our racial classifications really are.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxxviii, 415 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of The History of White People and Old in Art School, a finalist for the NBCC Award, comes a comprehensive new collection of essays spanning art, politics, and the legacy of racism that shapes American history as we know it. Throughout her prolific writing career, Nell Painter has published works on such luminaries as Sojourner Truth, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Malcolm X. Her unique vantage on American history...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A haunting, evocative recounting of her life as a slave in North Carolina, and of her final escape and emancipation, Jacobs' classic narrative, written between 1853 and 1858 and published in 1861, tells firsthand of the horrors inflicted on slaves. In writing this extraordinary memoir, which culminates in the seven years she spent hiding in a crawl space in her grandmother's attic, Jacobs skillfully used the literary genres of her times, presenting...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
232 pages color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"This book tells the story of how women won the right to vote, and what happened next. Told by historian Bridget Quinn and illustrated throughout by 100 women artists"--
From the first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation to the first woman to wear pants on the Senate floor, Quinn shines a spotlight on the women who broke down barriers. She shows how, in the hundred years since the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, women have continued...
Author
Publisher
Feminist Press at the City University of New York
Pub. Date
1990
Physical Desc
xxv, 267 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of Sojourner Truth, who was born into slavery, freed in 1827, and became famous for her courage, quick wit, and ready challenge as she campaigned for abolition and women's rights in New York and the Midwestern States.
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