Silent Voices: The Southern Negro Woman Today

In a tribute to the unheard and often not understood Negro women of thesouth, Josephine Carson explores the lives of women with whom she lived,and interprets the voices that had been silenced for so long. She paintsa detailed picture of the teachers, middle-class housewives, youngcollege girls, nurses, domestic servants, and workers who struggled withthe juxtaposition between their own identities and those society createdfor them. Carson shows what a significant contribution each made to theAmerican Scene and how these women had their futures, religions,friends, jobs, and culture--but above all, they had a voice.