A Hairdresser's Experience in High Life |
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| Author:
| Potter, Eliza |
| Introduction by:
| Dean, Sharon G. |
| Series title: | The ^ASchomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-506198-7 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1991 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $88.00 |
Book Description:
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Eliza Potter's 1859 autobiography expresses her indignation, abolitionist sentiments, fiery temper, and sheer joy of life as she reveals the private selves of the white women whose heads she "combed." As an insider on the margins, her identity provides a unique vantage point for her story and that of the elites of nineteenth-century Cincinnati society.
Eliza Potter's 1859 autobiography expresses her indignation, abolitionist sentiments, fiery temper, and sheer joy of life as she reveals the private selves of the white women whose heads she "combed." As an insider on the margins, her identity provides a unique vantage point for her story and that of the elites of nineteenth-century Cincinnati society.