The Progressive Diplomat

Name: The Progressive Diplomat
Brand: Michael Webster
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Fannie Barrier Williams

By: Michael Webster

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Paperback | 6 December 2025

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178 Pages

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21.6 x 14.0 x 1.04

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Fannie Barrier Williams (1855-1944) stands as one of the Progressive Era's most crucial and unjustly overlooked figures.

Born into privilege but determined to fight for justice, Williams transformed from a sheltered Northern musician into a master strategist and intellectual warrior. She was the essential diplomat of racial uplift, relentlessly employing both genteel persuasion and unwavering moral critique to challenge the color line in white institutions.

From her power base in Chicago, she achieved the unprecedented feat of becoming the first Black member of the powerful Chicago Woman's Club and founded the pioneering interracial Frederick Douglass Centre. Her seminal 1893 address, "The Intellectual Progress of the Colored Women," remains a foundational document in Black feminist thought, demanding recognition and justice for Black women.

This comprehensive biography traces the arc of her singular life, revealing the tireless organization and profound intellectual rigor that made Fannie Barrier Williams an essential, transformative architect of American civil rights. Approx.178 pages, 32200 word count

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