# Endnotes explained — A Voice from the South

> Chapter companion for A Voice from the South by Anna Julia Cooper.

## What happens

The endnotes provide citations and references for the preceding chapters, including sources from Bascom, Dr. Alex. Crummell, and statistical data on clergy and graduates.

## Themes in this chapter

### Education and the Higher Development of Women

The note about the first colored woman to graduate from Cornell in 1890 underscores the theme of educational achievement and self-improvement.

## Character check-ins

### Dr. Crummell

Referenced as the author of a pamphlet.

## Key lines

> Graduated from Scientific Course, June, 1890, the first colored woman to graduate from Cornell.

A woman of color became the first to graduate from Cornell University with a scientific degree in June 1890.

_This highlights a milestone in African American women's education._

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