Dr. Anna Julia Cooper was the 4th African American woman to receive a PhD in any field in the United States. Along with her incredible career in academia, Dr. Cooper spent her life advocating for the proper education of African American women and girls. Her book, A Voice from the South: by a Woman from the South, is lauded as the first articulation of Black Feminism. During her life she impacted the lives of thousands of students while she was a teacher, Principal, President of a college, and advisor.