Maria W. Stewart America S First Black Woman Political Writer

. . . enthusiastic well-written . . . read it if you want to be inspired by a truly heroic woman. ―New Directions for Women . . . the fullest account to date of Stewart''s life and an excellent basis for understanding Stewart''s work. ―HistoryThis is informative and inspiring source material for today''s scholars lay readers and ''professionals'' . . . ―Journal of American HistoryIn gathering and introducing Stewart''s works Richardson provides an opportunity for readers to study the thoughts and words of this influential early black female activist a forerunner to Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth and the first black American to lecture in defense of women''s rights placing her in the context of the swirling abolitionist movement.