"A product of literary recovery at its very best. These carefully
        researched essays help us to see how gender marginalized black intellectuals
        who happened to be women." -- Claudia Tate, George Washington University
      The Unruly Voice explores the literary and journalistic career
        of Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins, a turn-of-the-century African American writer
        who was editor in chief of the Colored American Magazine, though
        it was not acknowledged on the masthead. Hopkins wrote short fiction,
        novels, nonfiction articles, and a play believed to be the first by an
        African American woman. Versatile and politically committed, she was fired
        when the magazine was bought by an ally of Booker T. Washington's who
        disliked her editorial stands and unconciliatory politics.
      Even though more than a thousand pages of Hopkins's works have been brought
        back into print, The Unruly Voice is the first book devoted exclusively
        to her writings and the significance she holds for readers today. Contributors
        explore the social, political, and historical conditions that informed
        her literary works.