Transcript of Anna Julia Cooper's discussion of "The Intellectual Progress of Colored Women of the United States Since the Emancipation Proclamation," presented to The World's Congress of Representational Women in 1894. In it, she focuses most of her attention on the ways that African-American women had pursued and obtained education in the 30 years following the Civil War.

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woman educator, african american activist, african american educator, african american feminist, anna julia cooper

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