Black women who dared

Author

Naomi M Moyer

Call Number

• J 305.4889 MOYE (CEN)

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Publication Information

Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Second Story Press, [2018]

Physical Description

23 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Summary

Short biographies of ten Black women from Canada and the United States, ranging from 1793 to the present. Anti-slavery activists, business women, community organizers, and educators; they were, and are, leaders committed to uplifting their communities.

Contents

• Introduction
• The Coloured Women's Club
• Jackie Shane
• Sylvia Estes Stark
• The Hour-A-Day Study Club
• Rosa Pryor
• Sherona Hall
• Black Cross Nurses
• Mary Miles Bibb
• Chloe Cooley
• Blockorama.