http://blog-aauw.org/2009/02/23/harriet-tubman-spy/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:00:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog-aauw.org/2009/02/23/harriet-tubman-spy/#comment-2215 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:04:26 +0000 http://blog-aauw.org/?p=1913#comment-2215 Like many 30-something Americans, most of what I know about Harriet Tubman was taught during Black History Month in two short paragraphs. Her contributions like so many women, and African-American women in particular, is diminished in the history of this county. I recently found a lecture video on the WGBH Forum Network site at http://forum.wgbh.org/lecture/harriet-tubman-bound-promised-land featuring historian Kate Clifford Larson. She has written a biography of Harriet Tubman using extensive genealogical research titled Bound for the Promised Land that may be worth a read.

]]> http://blog-aauw.org/2009/02/23/harriet-tubman-spy/#comment-2153 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:00:46 +0000 http://blog-aauw.org/?p=1913#comment-2153 Sarah, I think your experience is reflective of most of us. It’s time to re-read history given more recent research and new findings that we didn’t learn in school. This has been a good reminder to me as well.

]]> http://blog-aauw.org/2009/02/23/harriet-tubman-spy/#comment-2112 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:23:11 +0000 http://blog-aauw.org/?p=1913#comment-2112 This reminds me to check updates in history more often. I too remember reading stories about the Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman with my mom, but never heard about her other activities. Nor had I heard of Ken Dagler or his book, Black Dispatches. As an African American, I owe it to myself to make sure and learn more about my heritage, especially since when I was in school, very little, if anything, was taught about the subject.

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