{"product_id":"pauline-elizabeth-hopkins-lois-brown-9781469614564","title":"Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins: Black Daughter of the Revolution","description":"Born into an educated free black family in Portland, Maine, Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859-1930) was a pioneering playwright, journalist, novelist, feminist, and public intellectual, best known for her 1900 novel \u003ci\u003eContending Forces: A Romance of Negro Life North and South\u003c\/i\u003e. In this critical biography, Lois Brown documents for the first time Hopkins's early family life and her ancestral connections to eighteenth-century New England, the African slave trade, and twentieth-century race activism in the North. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrown includes detailed descriptions of Hopkins's earliest known performances as a singer and actress; textual analysis of her major and minor literary works; information about her most influential mentors, colleagues, and professional affiliations; and details of her battles with Booker T. Washington, which ultimately led to her professional demise as a journalist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichly grounded in archival sources, Brown's work offers a definitive study that clarifies a number of inconsistencies in earlier writing about Hopkins. Brown re-creates the life of a remarkable woman in the context of her times, revealing Hopkins as the descendant of a family comprising many distinguished individuals, an active participant and supporter of the arts, a woman of stature among professional peers and clubwomen, and a gracious and outspoken crusader for African American rights. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lois Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1469614561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469614564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 2.00d","brand":"Lois Brown","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935447744767,"sku":"9781469614564","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b5e00c4a-8aa4-427b-8e57-214af235bb3b.jpg?v=1681419854","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pauline-elizabeth-hopkins-lois-brown-9781469614564","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}