Meet Sarah Parker Remond! An adventurous spirit, born free into a prominent New England family, she soared to unimaginable heights during the tumultuous 1850s.

Here we retell only a fraction of this trailblazer's extraordinary life.

Resources:

1. Baumgartner, Kabria . “In Pursuit of Knowledge.” New York, New York. New York University Press, 2019.
2. Jones, Martha S. “The Vanguard.” First edition New York, NY: Basic Books, Hachette Book Group, 2020.
3. Remond, Sarah Parker. “The Negroes and Anglo-Africans as Freedmen and Soldiers.” Hanover Square West, London England. Victoria Press, 1864.
4. Terborg-Penn, Rosalyn. “African American Woman and the Struggle for the Vote, 1850 - 1920,” Bloomington, Indiana. Indiana University Press,1998.
5. Salenius, Sirpa. "An Abolitionist Abroad: Sarah Parker Remond in Cosmopolitan Europe." Amherst, Massachusetts. University of Massachusetts Press, 2016.

“Black Suffragist in the Spotlight” is written and produced by Jennifer Rolle. The music selection “Passage” is by Moija (Uppbeat); “Future” and “Good Feelings” are by Aleksandr Shamaluev. The cover art featuring photographs of the activists Hallie Quinn Brown and Helen Nannie Boroughs are courtesy of the Library of Congress. Please send inquiries to theblacksuffragist@gmail.com and visit theblacksuffragist.net for future media events.