Uplifting the Women and the Race: The Lives, Educational Philosophies and Social Activism of Anna Julia Cooper and Nannie Helen Burroughs

by Johnson,Karen

• ISBN13: 9780815314776
• ISBN10: 0815314779
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-07-24
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This study explores the lives, educational philosophies, and social activism of Anna Julia Cooper and Nannie Helen Burroughs. They were among the most outstanding late 19th and early 20th century Black women educators. The study identifies and analyzes themes that illuminate Cooper and Burroughs' "unique angle of vision of self, community, and society" as it relates to their distinctive educational philosophies and contributions to American education.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xv
Note on Language Usage	xix
Introduction	xxi
The Problem	xxi
Context of the Study	xxv
Significance of the Study	xxviii
Notes	xxx
Theoretical Framework	1	(14)
Black Feminist Theory	3	(4)
Methodological Perspective	7	(2)
Historical and Biographical Research	9	(1)
Data Collection	9	(2)
Data Analysis	11	(1)
Notes	12	(3)
The History of Black Education	15	(18)
Black Education: Pre and Post Civil War Years	15	(5)
End of Reconstruction	20	(1)
Educational Ideologies in the Post-Reconstruction Era	21	(1)
The Education of African American Women	22	(2)
The Influence of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois on the Education of Black Women	24	(1)
Pioneer African American Women Educators	25	(2)
Summary and Conclusion	27	(1)
Notes	28	(5)
``To Get an Education and to Teach My People'': Family Background of Anna Julia Cooper	33	(32)
Going to School: From the Reconstruction to the Post-Reconstruction Era	37	(6)
Oberlin Years (1881--1884)	43	(4)
Family Background of Nannie Helen Burroughs	47	(3)
Going to School: 1883--1896	50	(1)
Washington Colored High School	51	(5)
Summary and Conclusion	56	(1)
Notes	57	(8)
``A Career to Build, a People to Serve, a Purpose to Accomplish''	65	(66)
The Professional Careers of Anna Julia Cooper and Nannie Helen Burroughs	66	(1)
Anna Julia Cooper	66	(14)
The Controversy	80	(6)
Anna Julia Cooper's Presidency at Frelinghuysen University	86	(5)
Nannie Helen Burroughs	91	(5)
Ideas about Women's Education: The National Training School	96	(3)
Financial Support	99	(2)
The Controversy	101	(2)
Anna Julia Cooper's and Nannie Helen Burroughs' Educational Philosophies	103	(11)
Summary and Conclusion	114	(1)
Notes	115	(16)
``Lifting as They Climb''	131	(28)
Defining Black Women's Activism	132	(1)
Black Women's Activist Tradition: An Historical Overview	133	(1)
In Response to Race and Gender Oppression and Economic Subordination	134	(11)
Anna Julia Cooper's and Nannie Helen Burroughs' Struggle for Group Survival and Institutional Transformation	145	(7)
Summary and Conclusion	152	(1)
Notes	153	(6)
Conclusion: Lives of Service	159	(10)
Notes	167	(2)
Selected Bibliography	169	(10)
Index	179