Title Ahead of her time in yesteryear : Geraldine Pierce Zimmerman comes of age in a Southern African American family / Kibibi V. Mack-Shelton

Edition 1st ed Published Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 168 pages) : illustrations Contents Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Prologue; Chapter 1. Ancestors: The Pierces and Tatnalls, 1860s-1910; Chapter 2. Jello: The Girl, 1910-1929; Chapter 3. Gerry: The Young Adult, 1929-1933; Chapter 4. Gerry: The Mother, 1933-1960s; Conclusion; Epilogue: Mrs. Z: Lady Maverick, 1960s-2010; Appendix. Population Statistics: South Carolina and Orangeburg; Tatnall-Pierce-Zimmerman Family Tree; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary Born into a relatively privileged family, Geraldyne Pierce Zimmerman earned a reputation as a maverick in her lifelong home of Orangeburg, South Carolina, a semirural community where race and class were very much governed by the Jim Crow laws. Educated at Nashville & rsquo;s Fisk University, Zimmerman returned to Orangeburg to teach school, serve her community, and champion equal rights for African Americans and women. Kibibi V. Mack-Shelton offers a vivid portrayal of the kind of black family seldom recognized for its role in the development of the African American community after the Civil Wa Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-164) and index Notes Print version record Subject Zimmerman, Geraldine Pierce, 1911- SUBJECT Zimmerman, Geraldine Pierce, 1911- Zimmerman, Geraldine Pierce, 1911- fast Subject African American women -- South Carolina -- Orangeburg -- Biography African Americans -- South Carolina -- Orangeburg -- Biography Older people -- South Carolina -- Orangeburg -- Biography African Americans -- South Carolina -- Orangeburg -- Social conditions African American families -- South Carolina -- Orangeburg African American families -- Case studies Intergenerational relations -- United States -- Case studies BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General. HISTORY -- State & Local -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. African American families African American women African Americans African Americans -- Social conditions Intergenerational relations Older people Rural conditions SUBJECT Orangeburg (S.C.) -- Biography Orangeburg (S.C.) -- Rural conditions Subject South Carolina -- Orangeburg United States Genre/Form Biographies Case studies Form Electronic book ISBN 9781572337367 1572337362

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