Making the World a Better Place: African American Women Advocates, Activists, and Leaders, 1773-1900

by Jacqueline Jones Royster

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822967065
• ISBN13: 9780822967064
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.2" x 8.6"