Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson

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Introduction: Introducing a respectable activist -- A respectable activist is born -- The new negro woman in Alice's early literature -- Activism, love, and pain -- Love and writing -- Loving Alice after Paul -- Love and education -- Ms. Dunbar and politics (of love) -- New negro woman's love and activism -- For the love of family, film, and the paper -- The respectable activist's love for the Harlem Renaissance -- Love, desire, and writing -- 'Til death does the respectable activist part.