An African Victorian Feminist: The Life and Times of Adelaide Smith Casely Hayford 1848-1960 [Hardcover]

First published in 2004. This version of the life of Adelaide Smith Casely Hayford is largely autobiographical but, while one can honestly express feelings and describe important events in the course of ones own life time, others can better see the setting in which one lived and how ones life impacted on and was affected by others. This book looks at life in Settler country of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Freetown and as a former British colony.Adelaide M. Cromwell Afro-American Studies Program Boston UniversityIntroduction; Chapter 1 The Creole World of Sierra Leone; Chapter 2 The Education of Girls in Freetown; Chapter 3 Family and Early Years in England and Germany; Chapter 4 England, Africa and Return; Chapter 5 Africa Again, But Briefly; Chapter 6 Adelaide Smith and Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford; Chapter 7 Home to Freetown  A Dream Begins; Chapter 8 Two and a Half-Years Sojourn in America; Chapter 9 The Girls Vocational and Industrial Training School, Freetown  First Steps; Chapter 10 Adelaide Smith Casely Hayford and Gladys; Chapter 11 Adelaide Smith Casely Hayford as Widow  The End of the Dream; Chapter 12 A Close Up and a Close Down;USCopyright ? 1986 Adelaide M. Cromwell