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title: 'The Burden of the Educated Colored Woman'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Lucy Craft Laney'
date: 1899-07-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Education'
- 'Family, Marriage, and Roles of Men and Women'
- 'Race Relations and Slavery'
scriptures:
- 'Galatians 6'
- 'Genesis 1'
- 'Proverbs 22'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/laney-1899-the-burden-of-the-educated-colored-woman
---

# The Burden of the Educated Colored Woman

Lucy C. Laney urges educated Black women to lift burdens of ignorance, immorality, and prejudice by improving homes, schooling, and community leadership (kindergartens, sewing, lectures).

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