I do know of a handful, however I personally haven’t read them so I cannot vouch for accuracy/representation quality in them. If any of our followers have read them I’d greatly appreciate any more info (or if you know any others too!)
- note: From what I gathered Hanne Wilhelmsen series was translated out of order in English and as the result in some of them the mc doesn’t use wheelchair (she is a cop who got shot on duty and then started using a wheelchair). If I’m not mistaken she should be using the wheelchair in the novels I listed. Since it’s a mystery/thriller series I’m sure you could jump in there without too much issue, maybe missing some reference or two.
Mary Ann Shadd Cary was born in 1823 to parents dedicated to the abolition of slavery. Her parents taught her much about fighting for equality and often provided shelter for fugitive slaves. Cary moved to Canada with the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law in 1850 where she founded Canada’s first antislavery newspaper. After she was widowed during the Civil War, Cary moved to Washington, DC where she taught at public schools and lectured around the country on women’s rights and the women’s suffrage movement. She studied law at Howard University and graduated in 1883 as one of the first black female lawyers in the country.
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was an early abolitionist and women’s suffrage leader. She was one of the few African American women present at conference and meetings about these issues between 1854 and 1890. Harper was also a well-known author whose poetry and essays focused on issues of slavery, gender and racial discrimination. Her writings and lectures made Harper one of the first major popularizers of African American protest poetry.
Marry Church Terrell attended Oberlin College as a young woman where she became one of the first African American woman to earn a college degree. After moving to Washington, DC, Terrell became involved in the women’s rights movement. She focused much of her efforts on securing women’s right vote, touring the country to lecture on the issue. In 1896, she and fellow activists founded the National Association of Colored Women and Terrell served as the association’s first president. After the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, Terrell turned her attention to civil rights and helped bring about the desegregation of restaurants in Washington, DC.
A prominent African American educator, church leader and suffrage supporter, Nannie Helen Burroughs devoted her life to empowering black women. Burroughs helped establish the National Association of Colored Women in 1896 and founded the National Training School for Women and Girls in Washington, DC in 1909. She was outspoken on issues she considered important to African American interests and wrote many articles for leading African American newspapers and magazines. She used these articles to attack injustices endured by African Americans and encourage readers to take responsibility for changing their own conditions.
Daisy Elizabeth Adams Lampkin dedicated her life to supporting women’s and civil rights. Lampkin began hosting local suffragette meetings at her home near Pittsburgh and organizing African American women to engage in consumer groups in 1912. Much of her efforts centered on the organization of women’s groups and her leadership earned her the position of president of the Lucy Stone Woman Suffrage League in 1915. Later in life she also served as a field secretary and fundraiser for the NAACP.
Written by Alison K., Digital Content Specialist, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Fan of the King Arthur? Well, you're going to LOVE Camelot!
This month has been so inspiring : new experiences with exhibiting at a Scrapbook show in Paris, new friends met through my workshops there, travelling quite a bit and enjoying the family. It's been a rough month as well, my best friend having a brain stroke at 32. She is fine now but can definitely she was SO LUCKY. This has been hard on myself and I have found myself diving into work in order to stay focused and not cry all day long.
So Camelot has been GOOd on me :) It brought me colors, texture, new PRODUCTS which I LOVE!
Did I say DAUBERS? or even a new MASK?!! Yep, you got it right!
It's not too late to sign up for Anna-Maria's and I's online class over at Studio Calico! You can take the class at your own pace, you'll have forever access to the videos, pdfs, message boards and digital files!
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