Harriet Tubman: A Legacy of Resistance

Meridians 12.2 is a special issue titled Harriet Tubman: A Legacy of Resistance.

Harriet Tubman is perhaps the most famous African American woman in the world—known for her involvement in abolitionism, women’s suffrage, emancipation, and the Civil War. She was considered a “superwoman” of considerable strength, even though she remained physically disabled for most of her ninety-one years.  Although often described as “illiterate”, her abilities to “read” the world—from curing sickness with her knowledge of herbal medicines to navigating the natural terrain via the night sky through her knowledge of astronomy—remained key in escaping and rescuing others from slavery.

This special issue has been assembled, in response to a commemoration, March 8, 2013, the 100th anniversary of her passing at a symposium organized by the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University at Albany. Enjoy a free article here: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/meridians.12.2.1

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