-A fascinating biography of a fascinating woman.- - Booklist, starred review-This definitive look at a remarkable figure delivers the goods.- - Publishers Weekly, starred review"A brilliant analysis." - Jericho Brown, Pulitzer Prize winnerFeatured in Ms. Magazine-s "Most Anticipated Reads for the Rest of Us 2022" (books by or about historically excluded groups)Born in New Orleans in 1875 to a mother who was formerly enslaved and a father of questionable identity, Alice Dunbar-Nelson was a pioneering activist, writer, suffragist, and educator. Until now, Dunbar-Nelson has largely been viewed only in relation to her abusive ex-husband, the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. This is the first book-length look at this major figure in Black women-s history, covering her life from the post-reconstruction era through the Harlem Renaissance.Tara T. Green builds on Black feminist, sexuality, historical and cultural studies to
