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Reminiscences of School Life, and Hints on Teaching
A four-part work originally published posthumously in 1913. It includes an autobiographical sketch of the author an educator, journalist, and activist for social and educational reform and the second African American woman to graduate from Oberlin College as well as an essay setting forth her views and theories on education; a travelogue of her journeys to England and South Africa; and a description of her work as a missionary and activist in South Africa. One of a projected 31-volume series. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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191 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1913
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May 31, 2020
Read in honor of the centennial of the US Women's Suffrage. In The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote, Elaine F. Weiss points out that women's professional work made possible their work of seeking and winning the vote. Black and white women both exercised the right to vote with the passage of the 19th Amendment--even when and where black men could not vote.
In her teaching memoir, Jackson-Coppin born into slavery was bought by a family member who had bought my another family member who had bought his own freedom. Arguably a genetic committment to improvement of one's lot.
Jackson (married the Rev Coppin in 1881.)
Earned a degree at Oberlin College
Worked as a professional
* teaching students
* teaching teachers
* writing a professional memior
Participated in England in an international convention of missionaries
Served as a (AME) Missionary in South Africa
Suffragist in California
How Jackson-Coppin taught Language Skills: Reading, Spelling, Grammar. In the late 19th century, rhetoric served as the still-somewhat flexible backbone of American English language skills. Jackson encouraged teachers and students to practice spelling, to recite, to listen. The connection between the written and oral aspects of language skills was better understood than it would be 100 years later. We are seeing a resurgence in the value of the connection as audiobooks increase in popularity during this time when sometimes any book is a valuable book, even an audiobook which requires a different set of mental skills than a written book.
How Jackson-Coppin defended her spiritual experience. Below can be seen some of what Jackson-Coppin told a Presbyterian minister when he wanted to keep women in their spiritual place. How very different is this experience from that of wise old women who were burned for witchcraft, from that of Anne Hutchinson who was banned from her community, from that Sojourner Truth who could only pray that men would calm down and hear her message of hope. Jackson-Coppin was a woman who spoke her spiritual truth who spoke a truth many in US, England, and South Africa found attractive, comforting even.
In her teaching memoir, Jackson-Coppin born into slavery was bought by a family member who had bought my another family member who had bought his own freedom. Arguably a genetic committment to improvement of one's lot.
Jackson (married the Rev Coppin in 1881.)
Earned a degree at Oberlin College
Worked as a professional
* teaching students
* teaching teachers
* writing a professional memior
Participated in England in an international convention of missionaries
Served as a (AME) Missionary in South Africa
Suffragist in California
How Jackson-Coppin taught Language Skills: Reading, Spelling, Grammar. In the late 19th century, rhetoric served as the still-somewhat flexible backbone of American English language skills. Jackson encouraged teachers and students to practice spelling, to recite, to listen. The connection between the written and oral aspects of language skills was better understood than it would be 100 years later. We are seeing a resurgence in the value of the connection as audiobooks increase in popularity during this time when sometimes any book is a valuable book, even an audiobook which requires a different set of mental skills than a written book.
How Jackson-Coppin defended her spiritual experience. Below can be seen some of what Jackson-Coppin told a Presbyterian minister when he wanted to keep women in their spiritual place. How very different is this experience from that of wise old women who were burned for witchcraft, from that of Anne Hutchinson who was banned from her community, from that Sojourner Truth who could only pray that men would calm down and hear her message of hope. Jackson-Coppin was a woman who spoke her spiritual truth who spoke a truth many in US, England, and South Africa found attractive, comforting even.
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June 21, 2016Available in a moderately annoying html format here: http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/jacksonc/...
Her husband has a short travel essay in "An Upward Path: A Reader for Colored Children"
Her husband has a short travel essay in "An Upward Path: A Reader for Colored Children"
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