Manuscript/Mixed Material Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a White World, drafts; 17 of 23
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Image 1 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … Speeches Writings File A Colored Woman in a White World 17 Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowdlocgov- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 2 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 51 the chance Such luck we had never dreamed would befall us It was a glorious afternoon in August when we started and no two young people in the world were happier…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 3 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 53 The only clothes that I possessed which were suitable to wear to the various functions which were to be given for the visitors during that festive week were packed in that…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 4 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 55 any deviation from that point of view or not During the year I spent in Memphis after my fathers marriage I made up my mind definitely that since he no longer…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 5 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 57 testimony in long hand was a task which I should never have the courage to attempt again It covered reams of paper and finally had to be transcribed in the secretarys…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 6 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 59 his money had prepared me to do After that my father never objected to my teaching and at the end of that summer vacation he was perfectly willing for me to…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 7 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 61 Chapter 8 I Go to Washington D C to Teach After coming to Washington I was required to take an examination in several subjects one of which was concerning the best…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 8 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 63 correctly The genitive plural of third declension adjectives ends in um not in ium I was speechless with embarrassment and surprise I had taken special pains to teach my pupils which…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 9 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 65 something about art Few men could have been more wretched than Father the morning he boarded the train for Paris so as to take the steamer sailing home and left me…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 10 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 67 The father of the family who was connected in some way with the Suisse Simplon railway enjoyed taking a company of young people on a long hike Early Sunday morning we…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 11 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 69 Chapter 10 I Study in Germany On the way to Berlin I stopped at Munich and Dresden In Munich I employed a guide to show me the city I had spoken…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 12 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 71 proprietor of the pension who had shown me the room several days before He claimed I had definitely engaged the room that he had saved it for me and insisted upon…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 13 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 73 higher education of girls differed very materially from that entertained in the United States Some of the professors from the University of Berlin delivered lectures at this girls school which easily…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 14 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 75 until he could catch a glimpse of my face and he was just coming up to greet me when I recognized him This colored man had remarkable talent for the violin…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 15 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 77 made an indellible impression on me It seemed to me that they were the most tattered degraded and depraved women I had ever beheld anywhere on earth I had never seen…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 16 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 79 The first thing she did when she reached London was to order a handsome seal skin ulster for herself selecting her own skins and another for her daughter at one of…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 17 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 81 and he intended to send for a doctor I assured him that there was nothing the matter with me and that I would be well enough the next day to go…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 18 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 83 that if I allow you to remain here in my pension no selfrespecting people from the United States will stop with me I told them that an American girl who was…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 19 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 85 reached my ears that made me certain he was paying me compliments Herr von Devitz took me home from the theatre party and after discussing the difference between the educational system…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 20 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 87 was sure I was exaggerating the facts She could not believe that any human being could object to another solely on account of the color of his skin If a race…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 21 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … Chapter 1 My Parents To Tell The Truth I came very near not being on this mundane sphere at all In a fit of despondency my dear mother tried to end her…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 22 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 88 Chapter 12 I Leave Berlin The parting between Herr von Devitz and myself affected us both considerably I must confess After the theatre party we occasionally met sometimes going with Frau…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 23 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 90 introduced on the steamer when I was returning home from Europe with my father and family I told him that neither one of us would be happy in the United States…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 24 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 92 and was soon being rowed rapidly along My mind was so occupied with the scene and the sentiment which it occasioned that the men had gone a long distance before I…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 25 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 94 and how much of it was carried out as originally planned in spite of the presence of two little children We went to Heidelberg not only to see that famous university…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 26 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 96 their unrequited labor for nearly 300 years while they were shackled body and soul in the most cruel bondage the world has ever seen My African ancestors suffered and died for…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 27 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 98 if they could help me When a gentleman who lived in Louisville heard me say that I could not remain over night there because I could not secure accommodat ions in…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Image 28 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a … 100 I read it I had never dreamed of securing such a position in an institution of Oberlins standing It had never occurred to me that any colored woman however great her…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1866-01-01