Mary Ann Battis was a girl of Creek and black descent who attended the Asbury Mission School for Indian children in the 1820s. When her mother and other Creeks were "removed" from the Alabama-Georgia area, Battis chose to stay at the school. While Indian removal allowed Battis to separate herself from darker-skinned relatives, the threat of sexual assault against girls of African descent in the Creek Nation may have motivated her decision.
This talk is part of the 12th Graduate Symposium on Women's and Gender History.

Hosted by: Women's and Gender History Symposium

In conjunction with: American Indian Studies Program, Asian American Studies Program, Beckman Institute, Center for Advanced Study, Center for African Studies, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, Center for Writing Studies, College of Education, College of Engineering, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of African American Studies, Department of Anthropology, Department of French, Department of History, Department of Landscape Architecture, Department of Media and Cinema Studies, Department of Philosophy, Department of Psychology, Department of Sociology, Department of the Classics, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Latina/o Studies Program, LGBT Resource Center, Office of the Chancellor, Office of the President, Office of the Provost, Program in Jewish Culture and Society, School of Architecture, School of Social Work, Spurlock Museum