Shining Stars: African American Women Authors of the Civil War Era

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• Sowing for Others to Reap: A Collection of Papers ... of the Ohio Federation of Colored Women's Clubs
• Race Rhymes
• The Widening Light
• How to Revive Christian Training in the Family. (page 227)
• The Provincial Freeman
• A Plea for Emigration, or, Notes of Canada West: in Its Moral, Social, and Political Aspect; with Suggestions Respecting Mexico, West Indies, and Vancouver’s Island, for the Information of Colored Emigrants
• Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days
• Biography of an American Bondman, by His Daughter
• The Burden of the Educated Colored Woman
• A Plea for the Oppressed
• Tales My Father Told Me
• Homespun Heroines and Other Women of Distinction
• Pen Pictures of Pioneers of Wilberforce
• The Mother's Duty to Her Adolescent Sons and Daughters
• What Role Is the Educated Negro Woman to Play in the Uplifting of Her Race?
• Is the Young Negro an Improvement, Morally, on His Father?
• The House of Bondage, or, Charlotte Brooks and Other Slaves, Original and Life Like, as They Appeared in Their Old Plantation and City Slave Life; Together with Pen-Pictures of the Peculiar Institution, with Sights and Insights into Their New Relations as Freedmen, Freemen, and Citizens
• Dr. Booker T. Washington in Chicago
  Detailed account by Williams of the visit of Booker T. Washington to Chicago, including evaluation of his presentations and the names of those on each program
• Was Honored by All: Celebration of Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s Eightieth Birthday
  Report of Stanton's 80th birthday celebration that includes the title of the presentation given by Williams
• Afro-Americans Defended
  Response by Williams to an editorial calling for the banishment of Negroes from Illinois
• Mrs. Yates Speaks: The Sunday Club’s Best Lecture
  Evaluation and report of Yates’s presentation "Woman, a Factor in the Solution of the Race Problem"
• Mrs. Yates Honored
  Report of an academic award Yates received
• Death of Mrs. Josephine Silone Yates of Kansas City, Mo.
  Obituary for Yates
• Convention Opens: Colored Club Women Met in Ottumwa Today
  Report of association meeting that includes Yates’s various presentations and her role as an officer
• Sojourner Truth: An Account of One of Her Interviews with President Grant
  Detailed report of Truth’s interview with President Grant, including many of her words
• Sojourner Truth Woman Leader in the Fight against Slavery
  Substantial highlights of Truth’s life
• Sojourner Truth
  Details a variety of incidents in Truth’s life, including her visit to President Lincoln and a couple of replies to hecklers
• Great Moments in Negro History
  Overview of Truth’s life
• Death of a Famous Old Negro Woman
  Obituary with highlights of Truth’s professional skills
• Diana Corbin Dead … Daughter of Famous Colored Woman Sojourner Truth
  Obituary for Diana Corbin that also highlights the life of her mother, Sojourner Truth
• Woman's Case in Equity: Gracefully and Forcefully Presented by Mrs. Mary Church Terrell Before the Brainiest of Equal Suffragists in America—The Premier Representative of our Womanhood Makes the Hit of the Convention
  Report of a women's convention that highlights the speech given by Ms. Terrell
• Mary Church Terrell Recalls Friendship with H. G. Wells
  Describes Terrell’s relationship with H. G. Wells, who wrote the introduction of her autobiography
• Frederick Douglass' Will
  Report that Sprague's request was denied and probate would proceed as the will dictated.
• Noble Work Is Planned: Afro-American Women Speak in First Annual Convention
  Sprague responded to the welcome on behalf of the National Federation of Afro-American Women; her exact words are provided
• Closes for the Season
  Report of a Congressional Lyceum program that includes the title of a paper by Sprague.
• New Light on Douglass: Infant Daughter of the Great Agitator a Genius at Letter Writing
  Letters written by Sprague when she was seven, to her father, Frederick Douglass
• Afro-Americans: The National Federation of Women Assembles Today: Many Fraternal Greeting Speeches: Mrs. Sprague Tells of Needs of the Race
  Association report with details of a presentation by Sprague
• Revival at St. James: Work of the Week by Mrs. Amanda Smith
  Praises Smith’s work at St. James’ A. M. E. Church
• Douglass Heirs Talk of Suit: May Try to Get Possession of Property Left by the White Wife
  Report on Sprague’s potential plans due to the recent death of the second wife of her father, Frederick Douglass
• Amanda Smith Memorial
  Summary of Smith’s memorial service, including the names of speakers
• Remarkable Colored Woman: Traveling Evangelist Has Conducted More Meetings than Moody
  Documents Smith’s various accomplishments
• They Kissed Her Hands: Amanda Smith Conducts Remarkable Revival Meetings in Baltimore
  Report of the positive spiritual experience of White attendees at a revival service conducted by Smith
• Last Sunday evening a memorial meeting in honor of the late evangelist of Chicago, Mrs. Amanda Smith …
  Details of a program held at St. James A. M. E. Church to celebrate Smith’s life
• God Everywhere and in Everything
  Mentions Smith's autobiography
• Race Progress among Negroes: Throughout the United States as Seen by the Journalists of the Land
  Article including a complimentary report about Smith and her soon to be opened orphanage
• A Deserving Woman: Mrs. Amanda Smith.—The Lecturer and Evangelist Makes an Appeal.—Her Great Work in Harvey, Ill.
  Summary of Smith’s life and an appeal for assistance with her orphanage
• Mrs. Josephine Ruffin: She Is to the Colored Women What Fred Douglass Was to the Race at Large
  Reports Ruffin’s varied and numerous accomplishments, plus her rationale and desire to get her "colored" club accepted into the General Federation of Women’s Clubs
• Mrs. Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
  Describes Ruffin’s strategy for achieving admission of her Afro-American club to the General Federation at the upcoming Federation meeting; also includes a history of Ruffin's varied ancestry
• The Medford Club’s Protest
  Letters and statements regarding the controversy over admitting Ruffin's club of "colored" women to the General Federation of Women’s Clubs
• Fifth Biennial
  Report mentioning the controversy surrounding the admission of Ruffin's "colored" club to the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, plus a substantive statement by Ida Wells Barnett
• Federation Gossip
  Article discussing actions of Ruffin and the Federation of Women’s Clubs Board of Directors concerning the controversy over her status as a delegate due to her race
• Civil Rights
  Court ruling in the case of Rollin's denial of a first-class seat
• Light of Letters: Important Educational Movement in the A. M. E. Church: A Big Convention to Be Held in Chicago in August When the Twentieth Century Clubs Meet There—Talented People from Everywhere Will Be There
  Lists prominent authors participating in the national convention of the Twentieth Century Literary clubs, including Ray
• Leads Work of Women’s Clubs: Empire State Federation Re-Elects Mrs. M. C. Lawton: Echoes of Recent Session
  Club report that includes a notice regarding a memorial service held for Ray
• New Volume of Poems: Writings of Phillis Wheatley Issued in Attractive Form
  A review of a compilation of Phillis Wheatley's poetry including an article by Pendleton
• Letter to the Editor: Crimes and the Negro
  Letter to the editor from Pendleton that is a reminder of the racism that permeates accusations of Negroes as criminals
• Funeral Services Held for Mrs. Pendleton
  Obituary for Pendleton
• Deaths
  Column including a death notice for Pendleton that identifies several family members
• Alpha Charity Club Anniversary
  Report on the anniversary celebration of the Alpha Charity Club, mentioning Pendleton as president
• A Scrap of Anarchy History
  Review of the Haymarket Square Massacre
• Lucy Parsons Driven from Stage at Chicago; Lucy Parsons in Trouble
  Two reports of a disrupted Socialist meeting
• Editor’s News
  Editorial in support of Parsons and her martyred husband
• Debs and Lucy Parsons
  Article that presents the highlights against a collaboration between Parsons and Eugene Debs
• Arrest Woman on Charge of Inciting a Riot
  Brief report of activity that led to Parsons’s arrest
• The Women’s World
  Column that includes a brief review of a book by Mossell
• Afro-American Authors: An Evening with Them in the City of Brotherly Love
  Mossell provides a report of a special evening featuring a poetry competition for young church members
• Mrs. Lizelia Augusta Jenkins Moorer is the author of a book of poems under the title of "Prejudice Unveiled" …
  Review of Moorer’s book
• A Brief Story of the Life and Death of the World’s Most Wonderful Freak of Nature
  Long article with an obituary for the twins and more
• Half a Dozen Fairs in One: This Year's Exhibit a Very Comprehensive and Attractive One
  Detailed description of the upcoming fair, including the Carolina Twins
• To All the Scholars: Of the Public Schools, Private Schools, Academies, Colleges
  Advertisement announcing a reduced cost for students to see the twins
• The Carolina Twins
  Acknowledgement by physicians of the twins’ physical connection
• Millie Christine: The Famous Carolina Twins with Two Heads
  A brief history of the conjoined twins
• The Carolina Twins
  Description of the conjoined twins’ examination by a medical doctor, with comparison to his examination 8 years ago; also includes information about other conjoined twins
• Poet Swinburne’s Famed American Sweetheart
  Substantive details of Menken’s adventurous personal life
• The Beauty and the Bruiser---A Romance
  Details of Menken’s personal life, with a poem by her at the end
• Adah Isaacs Menken in a Storm
  Editorial by Menken about her complicated life, with reply from the newspaper editors
• Actress’ Centenary
  Details the origin and history of Menken’s name changes
• Actors’ Ill Omens
  Accounts of superstition among actors, mentioning Menken
• The Women's World
  Column mentioning that Matthews's second book is pending and referring to the success of her first book, Aunt Lindy
• A Brand New Sphere: The Recent Conference of Afro-American Women
  Report of Afro-American women's conference held in Boston; provides good summaries of the major papers, including Matthews's paper on Afro-American literature
• The Afro-American Women
  Report of the first conference of the National Federation of Afro-American Women, highlighting Matthews’s role
• Mrs. Victoria Earle Matthews
  Highlights Matthews’s selection as the only "colored" female delegate to speak at the Christian Endeavor Conference
• The Hampton Conference
  Conference report mentioning an address given by Matthews concerning the dangers encountered by Southern girls in Northern cities, and that funds were collected to print it for free distribution
• Writer Explains Error in Case of Mrs. Keckley
  Letter to the editor that questions whether Keckley was the actual author of Behind the Scenes
• Mrs. Elizabeth Keckley … has commenced legal proceedings against the publisher …
  Brief description of Keckley’s lawsuit against the publisher of Behind the Scenes
• Mary T. Lincoln Book Stirs Row: Did Her Servant or Abolition Journalist Write Book on Pretty Clothes?
  Article on controversy over the authorship of Keckley’s Behind the Scenes
• Book Notices
  Detailed review of Keckley’s Behind the Scenes
• Bizarre Lincoln Story Is Traced
  Article that questions Keckley’s existence
• Ample Proof of Reality of Elizabeth Keckley
  Editorial that supports the existence of Elizabeth Keckley and her writing of the book Behind the Scenes
• Rural School Notes
  Column including a report of a school competition in which Jackson's class won second place
• They Are Over
  Report on the school closing for the term, after which a surprise dinner was given for the teacher, Jackson
• Talk from Monarch
  Column about the school system, with a description of the county school and its record of good teachers, including Jackson
• On Friday, March 3rd, 1905, Miss Mattie Jackson closed a second successful term of school in the Monarch district
  Detailed description of a dinner celebration in honor of the close of Jackson’s second school term
• Program: Holt County Teachers’ Annual Meeting
  Conference program that notes Jackson’s role as a discussant for the presentation "First Day in School"
• Rural School Examination
  Report listing Jackson’s role in conducting a local high school entrance examination
• Colored Teachers' Institute
  Report on the proceedings of the Colored Teachers' Institute sponsored by the Winu Parish Colored Teachers Association, mentioning Jackson's presentation "The Treatment of School Evils"
• Whistler Is New Play’s Hero
  Article about Hopkins’s play Mr. Whistler, with standard details: plot, production manager, cast, run, etc.
• Whistler, Famed Artist, Hero of Play
  Article about Hopkins’s play Mr. Whistler with informative details
• More D.C. Vaudeville
  Column with an announcement of an upcoming production of Hopkins's play Mr. Whistler that includes interesting details
• Two New Plays and Five Films on the Incoming Programs
  A column announcing an upcoming production of Hopkins's play Mr. Whistler, listing co-playwrights and cast members