Who is Charlotte Hawkins Brown as noted in the nonfiction book, When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America?

Born to a family of nineteen, Charlotte Hawkins Brown and her siblings move with their mother after their father abandons them. Brown had little opportunity for education because of the family's strained circumstances. Brown is working as a nanny and is walking along a particular street, pushing a baby carriage and reading Vergil when she's noticed by an educator of the day. Their ensuing conversation results in an offer to attend college and Brown becomes a famous activist.