A Voice from the South

Title page of A Voice from the South: By a Black Woman of the South, 1892

A Voice from the South: By a Black Woman of the South is the first book by American author, educator, and activist Anna J. Cooper. First published in 1892, the book is widely viewed as one of the first articulations of Black feminism.[1] The book is divided into two parts, "Soprano Obligato" and "Tutti Ad Libitum". Each section contains four individual essays.[2] This book led to the term "Cooperian" being coined when speaking about Anna J. Cooper.[3] It is considered one of the first, full-length Black feminist texts.[4]

  1. ^ Busby, Margaret, "Anna J. Cooper", Daughters of Africa, London: Jonathan Cape, 1992, p. 136.
  2. ^ Cooper, Anna J. (1969). A voice from the south. New York: Negro Universities Press. ISBN 0-8371-1384-9. OCLC 32385.
  3. ^ May, Vivian M. (2021). "Anna Julia Cooper, Archival Absences, and Black Women's "muffled" Knowledge". Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature. 40 (2): 241–272. doi:10.1353/tsw.2021.0022. ISSN 1936-1645.
  4. ^ Verdelle, A.J.; Cooper, Brittany C. (2018). "The Origins of Feminism". The Women's Review of Books. 35 (2): 4–5 – via JSTOR.