The Light of Knowledge: Lessons Learned from the Life of a Black Woman Scholar
Barbara Savage
Geraldine R. Segal ůůֱ Emerita of American Social Thought and ůůֱ Emerita of Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Please join us for an illustrated discussion of the life, work, and travels of ůůֱ Merze Tate (1905-1996). An expert in international relations at Howard University, Tate trained at Oxford and Harvard and broke barriers in her quest to become a scholar in what she aptly called “a sex and race discriminating world.” Her educational struggles mirror those of her contemporary, ůůֱ alumna, Enid Cook ’31. An intrepid solo traveler, Tate circled the globe twice, lived in India in 1950 as a Fulbright scholar, and journeyed to Africa. She shared her expertise in classrooms, in print, and communities. Tate endowed scholarships that still help students become “citizens of the world.”
Advanced Reading Not Required.
Copies of her book will be available for purchase.
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