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Carved in Ebony: Lessons from the Black Women Who Shape Us by Jasmine L. Holmes
2 reviews
c_serpent's review
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Slavery
Moderate: Racial slurs
thebakerbookworm's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
This book was a labor of love from the author and I greatly enjoyed reading and learning from it. I had not heard of any of these ten Black women but their stories are definitely worth remembering.
Each chapter is a mini-biography, not a deep dive as the author had limited sources to use to find out about their lives. But we can still learn a lot from what we know of their lives, and I loved that each chapter also highlights a particular trait of that woman that we can try to emulate in our own lives. The author also tells a bit of her own story throughout this book, showing how each of these women has affected her life and her learning.
I think Elizabeth Freeman and Lucy Craft Laney were my favorite chapters. But honestly, I loved seeing the evidence of God's faithfulness throughout these women's lives, as they persevered to get their own education, to travel to spread the gospel, to educate children, to secure their own freedom, even as many of them were single women and some of them were born enslaved.
An inspiring book for anyone who likes little-known stories from history. I definitely recommend!
Thank you to NetGalley and Bethany House for my eARC.
Each chapter is a mini-biography, not a deep dive as the author had limited sources to use to find out about their lives. But we can still learn a lot from what we know of their lives, and I loved that each chapter also highlights a particular trait of that woman that we can try to emulate in our own lives. The author also tells a bit of her own story throughout this book, showing how each of these women has affected her life and her learning.
I think Elizabeth Freeman and Lucy Craft Laney were my favorite chapters. But honestly, I loved seeing the evidence of God's faithfulness throughout these women's lives, as they persevered to get their own education, to travel to spread the gospel, to educate children, to secure their own freedom, even as many of them were single women and some of them were born enslaved.
An inspiring book for anyone who likes little-known stories from history. I definitely recommend!
Thank you to NetGalley and Bethany House for my eARC.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery and Racism
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