Pauli Murray : A Personal and Political Life

Name: Pauli Murray : A Personal and Political Life
Brand: The University of North Carolina Press

The University of North Carolina Press

Pauli MurrayA Personal and Political Life\nAuthor(s): Troy R. Saxby\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The University of North Carolina Press, United States\nImprint: The University of North Carolina Press\nISBN-13: 9781469654928, 978-1469654928\nSynopsis\nThe Rev. Dr. Anna Pauline \""Pauli\"" Murray [tel] was a trailblazing social activist, writer, lawyer, civil rights organizer, and campaigner for gender rights. In the 1930s and 1940s, she was active in radical left-wing political groups and helped innovate nonviolent protest strategies against segregation that would become iconic in later decades, and in the 1960s, she cofounded the National Organization for Women (NOW). In addition, Murray became the first African American to receive a Yale law doctorate and the first black woman to be ordained an Episcopal priest. Yet, behind her great public successes, Murray battled many personal demons, including bouts of poor physical and mental health, conflicts over her gender and sexual identiti.