Missed a bit of history yesterday.
Born enslaved 10th of August 1858 Author Anna J. Cooper became the fourth woman of color to earn a Ph. D.
She dropped one of the earliest and sharpest books of Black feminist thought. In 1892 she published A Voice from the South by a Black Woman of the South.
She was an educator, principal, scholar, and lifelong advocate who refused to be labeled second-class anything—especially for Black women. Absolute legend.
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