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Author:

Harris, Sheena, author.

Title:

Margaret Murray Washington : the life and times of a career clubwoman / Sheena Harris.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

The University of Tennessee Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xiii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Washington, Margaret James Murray,--1865-1925.
Tuskegee Woman's Club--History.
Tuskegee Institute.
Washington, Booker T.,--1856-1915.
Washington, Booker T.,--1856-1915.
Washington, Margaret James Murray,--1865-1925.
Tuskegee Institute.
African American women social reformers--Tuskegee--Tuskegee--Biography.
African American women--History--History--19th century.
Women--History--History--19th century.
Women social reformers--Tuskegee--Tuskegee--Biography.
African American women educators--Tuskegee--Tuskegee--Biography.
Women educators--Tuskegee--Tuskegee--Biography.
Alabama--Social conditions--19th century.
African American women educators.
African American women social reformers.
African American women--Societies and clubs.
Social conditions.
Women educators.
Women social reformers.
Women--Societies and clubs.
Alabama.
Alabama--Tuskegee.
1800-1899
Biographies.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-203) and index.

Contents:

Margaret Murray's Early Life -- A Family That Prays Together Stays Together -- Building an Empire through Home Economics -- Tuskegee Women Unite -- The National Shall Rise -- Beyond City Limits.

Summary:

"In this book, Sheena Harris contends that individual black, female leadership continues to be a blind spot in much scholarly historical literature, and Margaret Murray Washington, the third wife of Booker T. Washington, and her accomplishments have been overshadowed by the success of her husband. Harris discusses M. M. Washington's importance as an active clubwoman, educational reformer, and integral partner to her husband and his success with the Tuskegee Institute. Harris's biography of M. M. Washington lays the groundwork for understanding the rising educated class of black women and the early civil rights movement"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1621906191
9781621906193

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1153635521

LCCN:

2020032185

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)