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Author:
Taylor, Kay Ann, author.
Title:
American educator, activist, and advocate : Eleanor Rebecca Powell Archer / Kay Ann Taylor.
Publisher:
Lexington Books,
Copyright Date:
2024
Description:
pages cm.
Subject:
Archer, Eleanor Rebecca Powell,--1918-2013.
African American women teachers--Des Moines--Des Moines--Biography.
Women teachers--Des Moines--Des Moines--Biography.
African American women teachers--Des Moines--Des Moines--Social conditions.
Segregation in education--Des Moines--Des Moines--History--20th century.
African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.
Racism in education--Des Moines--Des Moines--History--20th century.
Des Moines (Iowa)--History--20th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The embeddedness of racism: maintaining the status quo -- The foundation for developing Black woman's standpoint -- Transforming an institution: confronting barriers of race and gender -- Sumner high school: A culture of community and potential -- Reclaiming self-reliance and Black woman's standpoint -- Multicultural and STEM activist and advocate educator -- Community service and development, family, and learning through travel -- Challenges remain in the ongoing quest to disrupt the status quo.
Summary:
"American Educator, Activist, and Advocate provides in-depth research into Eleanor Archer's life as one of the first Black public school teachers in Des Moines and presents a gateway for academics to acknowledge the lives and ideas of women during the Jim Crow era, clarifying Black women's standpoint on the segregated South"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Critical Africana studies: African, African American, and Caribbean interdisciplinary and intersectional studies
ISBN:
1666920576
9781666920574
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1417081056
LCCN:
2023054551
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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