{"product_id":"black-women-in-white-america-a-documentary-history-paperback","title":"Black Women in White America: A Documentary History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGerda Lerner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecipient of the 2002 Bruce Catton Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Historical Writing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this \"stunning collection of documents\" (\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e), African-American women speak of themselves, their lives, ambitions, and struggles from the colonial period to the present day. Theirs are stories of oppression and survival, of family and community self-help, of inspiring heroism and grass-roots organizational continuity in the face of racism, economic hardship, and, far too often, violence. Their vivid accounts, their strong and insistent voices, make for inspiring reading, enriching our understanding of the American past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A very timely and powerful collection which gives emphasis to the magnificent role of Black women in the struggle of Black people to survive in this, the United States,\"--Nathan Irvin Huggins \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Gerda Lerner has collected . . . material which can change images that whites have had of Blacks, and possibly even those which we, as Blacks, have of ourselves,\"--Maya Angelou\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGerda Lerner \u003c\/b\u003e(1920-2013) was a prominent historian, activist, educator, writer, and one of the founders of the study of women's history. She received her PhD in history from Columbia University, and at her first academic post at Sarah Lawrence College, she developed the first graduate program in women's history. She went on to teach at University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she created the first PhD program in women's history in the United States. Lerner is the editor of \u003ci\u003eBlack Women in White America: A Documentary History\u003c\/i\u003e, and is the author of many publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe Creation of Patriarchy\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Why History Matters: Life and Thought\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 672\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 17, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756922372384,"sku":"9780679743149","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7fd66864fe17f703dbbfb77db69df484.webp?v=1780089273","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/black-women-in-white-america-a-documentary-history-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}