forty years of letters in black and white
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Scott, Anne Firor > (ed.)
- Publish Year
- 2006
- Shelfmark
- VS 1E 2006 - B
- Thesaurus
- zwarte vrouwen, witte vrouwen, etnische verhoudingen, mensenrechten, feminisme, advocaten, geschiedenis, Verenigde Staten, 20e eeuw, briefwisseling
- Description
- Collection of letters. In 1942 Pauli Murray (1910-1985), a young black woman from North Carolina studying law at Howard University, visited a constitutional law class taught by Caroline Ware (1899-1990), one of America's leading historians. A friendship and a correspondence began, lasting until Murray's death in 1985. In time, Murray became a labor lawyer, a university professor, and the first black woman to be ordained an Episcopal priest. Ware continued her work as a social historian and consumer advocate while developing an international career as a community development specialist.