Glencoe Lit Library: "Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" Study Guide [Pdf]

Enhance your reading of "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" by Ernest Gaines with the help of an author biography, novel introduction, vocabulary lists, and reading-response exercises. After completing the novel, write about the novel's main character, Miss Jane, and how Gaines makes her seem so real. Also, make connections to other pieces of literature that deal with the struggles faced by African American women, including "I Want Women to Have Their Rights" by Sojourner Truth and "The Progress of Colored Women" by Mary Church Terrell.