Research Catalog

Title

I am Annie Mae : an extraordinary Black Texas woman in her own words / by Annie Mae Hunt and Ruthe Winegarten ; assistant editor, Frieda Werden.

Author

Hunt, Annie Mae, 1909-

Publication

Austin : University of Texas Press, 1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Winegarten, Ruthe.
• Werden, Frieda.

Description

xv, 151 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

"Annie Mae Hunt is a survivor. Born in 1909 near Brenham, Texas, she grew up in a time and place where African Americans, although legally free, lived in circumstances that had changed little since the days of slavery. Much of her adult life was spent in backbreaking domestic service, until she created a modest independence for herself through sewing and selling Avon cosmetics."--BOOK JACKET. "I Am Annie Mae, told in her own words and edited by Ruthe Winegarten, records a life filled not only with hardships but also with the joys of family, of political activism, and of service to church and community. Since its publication in 1983, this book has touched the hearts of thousands of people and inspired the musical I Am Annie Mae, written by Houston poet Naomi Carrier and Ruthe Winegarten."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Hunt, Annie Mae, 1909-
• African American women > Texas
• Texas > Biography

Genre/Form

Biographies

Note

• Originally published: Austin : Rosegarden Press, 1983.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

0292790996 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^95052883^

OCLC

• 34046803
• SCSB-12772439

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library