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Carved in ebony : lessons from the Black women who shape us
Edition
Young reader's edition.
Publication Information
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2022]
Physical Description
117 pages ; 23 cm
Audience
Grades 4-6 Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group.
Summary
"Rewritten for the young reader, Jasmine Holmes shares the significant role that Black women have played in the formation of our faith. As these historical figures take the stage, you will be inspired by what the stories of these women can teach us about education, birth, privilege, and so much more"--
Contents
- Introduction
- A note for the adults
- Elizabeth Freeman: one woman's fight for freedom
- Maria Stewart: the boldness to speak
- Sarah Mapps Douglass: A consistent Quaker woman
- Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: the bronze muse
- Charlotte Forten Grimké: a Northern teacher goes South
- Sara Griffith Stanley: the Southern spitfire
- Amanda Berry Smith: God's image carved in ebony
- Maria Fearing: mother from far away
- Lucy Craft Laney: lifelong educator
- Nannie Helen Burroughs: speaking what's on her mind.
Subjects
- African American women > Religious life > Juvenile literature.
- African American Christians > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Christian women > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Women and religion > United States > History > Juvenile literature.
- United States > Religion > Juvenile literature.