Works by
Michelle Diane Wright
(Writer)

Broken Utterances: A Selected Anthology of 19th Century Black Women's Social Thought (2007 release)
Gender, race, and class adversities faced by African American women in the 21st century have not altered drastically from those tackled by our ancestors of the 19th century. Broken Utterances connects the seemingly disparate voices of 20 Black women of the 1800’s, and weaves a cohesive web revealing surprising influences not only upon each other, but also on the experiences of Black women today. It is an examination of how the unique position of the African American woman provides her with the ability to dissect the ills of society and offer distinctive insight for positive transformation. The book is a multi-media work featuring primary texts, biographies, and original illustrations.

The anthology includes the biographies, illustrations and primary text of the following twenty women:

• Ann Plato (1824-Unknown)

• Anna Julia Cooper (1858-1964)

• Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837-1914)

• Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (1818-1907)

• Fannie Jackson Coppin (1835-1912)

• Frances Ann Rollin Whipper (Frank Rollin) (1845-1901)

• Frances Barrier Williams (1855-1944)

• Francis Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911)

• Gertrude Bustill Mossell (1855-1948)

• Harriet Tubman (Araminta Ross) (1820-1913)

• Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931)

• Jarena Lee (1783-Unknown)

• Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842-1924)

• Maria W. Miller Stewart (1803-1879)

• Mary Ann Shadd Cary (1823-1893)

• Mary Eliza Church Terrell (1863-1954)

• Parker Remond (1824-1894)

• Sarah Mapps-Douglass (1806-1882)

• Sojourner Truth (Isabella Baumfree) (1797-1883)

• Victoria Earle Matthews (1861-1907)