Pauli Murray and Caroline Ware

Forty Years of Letters in Black and White
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-8078-5928-5
Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 314 g

Reihe: Gender and American Culture

This title explores the cross-race friendship of two feminist activists.In 1942, Pauli Murray, a young black woman from North Carolina studying law at Howard University, visited a constitutional law class taught by Caroline Ware, one of the nation's leading historians. A friendship and a correspondence began, lasting until Murray's death in 1985. Their forty-year correspondence ranged widely over issues of race, politics, and international affairs.In time, Murray became a labor lawyer, a university professor, and the first black woman to be ordained an Episcopal priest. Ware continued her work as a social historian and consumer advocate while pursuing an international career as a community development specialist. Their letters, products of high intelligence and a gift for writing, offer revealing portraits of their authors as well as the workings of an unusual female friendship. They also provide a wonderful view of the social and political thought of the times, particularly regarding civil rights and women's rights.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scott, Anne Firor

Über Autor(innen)

Anne Firor Scott, pioneer historian of American women, is W. K. Boyd Professor Emerita of History at Duke University. She is author of nine books, including <i>Making the Invisible Woman Visible</i> and <i>Natural Allies: Women's Associations in American History</i>.