| LC control no. | n 81024710 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Cooper, Anna J. (Anna Julia), 1858-1964 |
| Variant(s) | Haywood, Anna Julia, 1858-1964 Cooper, Annie, 1858-1964 Cooper, Anna Julia Haywood, 1858-1964 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1858-08-10 |
| Death date | 1964-02-27 |
| Place of birth | Raleigh (N.C.) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Field of activity | African Americans--History |
| Affiliation | Oberlin College Université de Paris IV: Paris-Sorbonne Lincoln Institute (Jefferson City, Mo.) Frelinghuysen University (Washington, D.C.) |
| Profession or occupation | College teachers African American women authors Educators Essayists Civil rights workers |
| Found in | A voice from the South, 1892: title page (Anna Julia Cooper) galley (t.p. of orig. ed. named only "A Black woman of the South" as author; galley includes facsim. of orig. t.p.) Gabel, L.C. From slavery to the Sorbonne and beyond, 1982: title page (Anna J. Cooper) page 3, etc. (b. Anna Julia Haywood, 8/10/1858, Raleigh, N.C.; m. George C. Cooper, 1877; submitted doctoral dissertation at Sorbonne as Anna J. Cooper; Annie Cooper; d. Washington, D.C., 2/27/64) Hutchinson, L.D. Anna J. Cooper, c1981: title page (facsim. of signature, "Anna J. Cooper") page 3, etc. (published as Anna J. Cooper) Le Pèlerinage de Charlemagne, 1925: title page (Anna J. Cooper, graduée d'Oberlin College, Ohio, docteur de l'Université de Paris) Wikipedia, Jan. 9, 2014 (Anna Julia Haywood Cooper (Aug. 10, 1858, Raleigh, North Carolina - Feb. 27, 1964, Washington, D.C.), born into slavery, was an American author, educator, speaker, civil rights activist, one of the most prominent African-American scholars in United States history; PhD in history from the University of Paris-Sorbonne in 1924, the fourth African-American woman to earn a doctoral degree; a prominent member of Washington, D.C.'s African-American community) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_J._Cooper> American National Biography Online, accessed January 04, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Cooper, Anna Julia Haywood; civil and human rights activist, educator; born 10 August 1858 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States; bachelor's degree (1884) and honorary master's degree (1887) from Oberlin College (1887); doctoral degree from the Sorbonne in Paris (1925); published first book, A Voice from the South by a Black Woman of the South, a collection of essays on feminist and racial topics (1892); teacher and principal of the M Street Colored High School in Washington, DC (1902-1906; 1910-1930); taught at Lincoln Institute in Jefferson City, Missouri (1906-1910); helped develop Frelinghuysen University (1930-1950); died 27 February 1964 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States) |
| Associated language | eng |
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