Black Texas Women: A Sourcebook

When Black Texas Women: 150 Years of Trial and Triumph was published in 1995, it was acclaimed as the first comprehensive history of black women's struggles and achievements. This companion volume contains the original source materials that Ruthe Winegarten uncovered during her extensive research. Like a time capsule of black women's history, A Sourcebook includes petitions from free women of color, lawsuits, slave testimonies, wills, plantation journals, club minutes, autobiographies, ads, congressional reports, contracts, prison records, college catalogues, newspaper clippings, protest letters, and much more. In addition to the documents, a biographical section highlights the lives of women from various walks of life. The book concludes with a timeline that begins in 1777 and reaches to 1992. This wealth of original material will be a treasure trove for scholars and general readers interested in the emerging field of black women's history.

Author: Ruthe Winegarten
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 05/01/1996
Pages: 367
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.08h x 6.04w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9780292791008

About the Author
Ruthe Winegarten has written, coauthored, or edited nine books about Texas women and Texas history. She is a faculty associate at the University of Texas at San Antonio.