The North Carolina Historical Review
By 1910, North Carolina led the nation in the number of bachelor of arts degrees awarded to African American women. Of the 168 degrees awarded in the state by 1910, Bennett College had granted 71.
By 1910, North Carolina led the nation in the number of bachelor of arts degrees awarded to African American women. Of the 168 degrees awarded in the state by 1910, Bennett College had granted 71.
March is Women’s History Month!
The North Carolina Historical Review has published numerous articles on women’s history over the years, most recently Jelani Favors’s article “Race Women: New Negro Politics and the Flowering of Radicalism at Bennett College, 1900-1945” in the October 2017 issue.
You can read it here: https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/documents/files/NCHR_OCT17_FB.pdf.
That issue also features David La Vere’s article on the Tuscarora Indians, Benjamin Justesen’s essay “Reconsidering the American South,” and reviews of recently published books.