Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Charles W. Chesnutt
![Charles W. Chesnutt](/img/nopic_profile.png)
Born: June 20, 1858
Died: November 15, 1932 (aged 74)
Bio: Charles Waddell Chesnutt was an African-American author, essayist, political activist and lawyer, best known for his novels and short stories exploring complex issues of racial and social identity in the post-Civil War South.
Known for:
- The Marrow of Tradition (1901)
- The Conjure Woman (1899)
- The House Behind the Cedars (1900)
- The Wife of His Youth
- The Colonel's Dream (1905)