{"product_id":"9781469606569","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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"The University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135699042544,"sku":"9781469606569","price":26.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781469606569_p0.jpg?v=1763699593","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781469606569","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}