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February 19, 2004
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After great struggle
Jean Fagan Yellin picks up the biography of Harriet Jacobs where the subject's own 'Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl' leaves off. After years in hiding and struggle, Jacobs' freedom was won by purchase - a disappointing victory. (Staff photo Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard News Office)
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HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES
Incidents in the life of a freedwoman
Scholar Jean Fagan Yellin explores the compelling story of former slave Harriet Jacobs
Women's movement - or lack thereof
To explain absence of gains, Barbara Kellerman counsels a look in the mirror
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