The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class-it is the cause of human kind, the very birthright of humanity.
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The old, subjective, stagnant, indolent and wretched life for woman has gone. She has as many resources as men, as many activities beckon her on. As large possibilities swell and inspire her heart.
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Birth: | 10th August, 1858 |
Death: | 27th February, 1964 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Historian, Teacher, Writer |
Anna Julia Haywood Cooper was born into enslavement in Raleigh, North Carolina. She was an American author, educator, speaker and one of the most prominent African-American scholars in United States history. Upon receiving her PhD in history from the University of Paris-Sorbonne in 1924, Cooper became the fourth African-American woman to earn a doctoral degree. She was also a prominent member of Washington, D.C.'s African-American community.
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