My soul is my own : oral narratives of African American women in the professions
Presents the lives of early 20th-century African-American women in a unique context - their own words. The women themselves are as extraordinary as the language they use to describe their experiences, at home, university and work.
Interview
xvii, 213 pages ; 24 cm
9780415905596, 9780415905602, 0415905591, 0415905605
26932157
pt. I. Narrated Lives. 1. Nine Narratives
pt. II. Interpreting A Woman's Life. 2. "The Exception of the Exceptions": African American Women in Higher Education. 3. Climbing the Ladder of Success from the Bottom Rung: African American Women in the Professions. 4. African American Women's Oral Narratives as Autobiography: The Care and Feeding of "Mongrel Offspring" 5. Nappy at the Root: Speaking/Writing a Woman's Life. 6. Telling a Little Story: Organization and Structure in African American Women's Oral Narratives