Women in the world of Frederick Douglass
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017].
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xiv, 401 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 25 cm
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Park Co. Library - Meeteetse - Main collection
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017].
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-380) and index.
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"In his extensive writings, Frederick Douglass revealed little about the private side of his life. But Douglass had a complicated array of relationships with women: white and black, wives and lovers, mistresses-owners, and sisters and daughters. Leigh Fought aims to reveal more about the life of the famed abolitionist off the public stage. She begins with the women he knew during his life as a slave--his mother, whom he barely knew; his grandmother, who raised him; and his slave mistresses, including the one who taught him how to read. Readers will learn about Douglass's two wives--Anna Murray, a free woman who helped him escape to freedom and become a famous speaker herself, and later Helen Pitts, a white woman who was politically engaged and played the public role of the wife of a celebrity. Also central to Douglass's story were women involved in the abolitionist and reform movements, including two white women, Julia Griffiths and Ottilia Assing, critical to the success of his abolitionist newspaper. At the same time, white female abolitionists would be among Douglass's chief critics when he supported the 15th amendment that denied the vote to women, and black women, such as Ida B. Wells-Barnett, would become some of his new political collaborators. Fought also looks at the next generation, specifically through Douglass's daughter Rosetta, who literally acted as a go-between for her parents, since her mother, Anna Murray, had limited literacy. This biography of the circle of women around Frederick Douglass promises to show the connections between his public and private life, as well as reveal connections among enslaved women, free black women, abolitionist circles, and nineteenth-century politics and culture in the North and South before and after the Civil War"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Fought, L. (2017). Women in the world of Frederick Douglass . Oxford University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Fought, Leigh, 1967-. 2017. Women in the World of Frederick Douglass. Oxford University Press.

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Fought, Leigh, 1967-. Women in the World of Frederick Douglass Oxford University Press, 2017.

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Fought, Leigh. Women in the World of Frederick Douglass Oxford University Press, 2017.

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