Anna Julia Haywood Cooper (1958-1964)

Child of slavery, school teacher and principal, university president, historical and philosophical scholar, educational theorist, orator, author, visionary Black feminist, one of the first African American Women to receive a Ph.D.    

Educating Women invites historians of educational thought to contribute a biographical-philosophical gloss of the life and work of this educating woman. 

Below are some resources available for such educational inquiry.

Online Sites:

• Women's Intellectual Contributions to the Study of Mind and Society: http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/cooper.html 

• African Americans.com: http://www.africanamericans.com/AnnaJuliaCooper.htm

•  Anna Julia Cooper Biography from Answers.com: http://www.answers.com/topic/anna-julia-haywood-cooper

Books:

Charles Lemert, Voice of Anna Julia Cooper: Including A Voice From the South and Other Important Essays, Papers, and Letters. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1998.

    Hard Cover - Reprint

Anna Julia Cooper and Mary Helen Washington, A Voice From The South. Oxford,UK: Oxford University Press, 1988.

 Paperback - New Edition

Anna Julia Cooper and Mary Helen Washington, A Voice From The South. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1990.