Miss Anne: “A White Woman” —
Zora Neale Hurston,
Glossary of Harlem Slang Ann; Miss Ann: Coded term for any white female. [i.e.] “His mama washes clothes on Wednesday for Miss Ann.” —
Clarence Major,
From Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of African-American Slang Ann: (1) A derisive term for a white woman ... Also “Miss Ann.” —
Geneva Smitherman,
Black Talk Miss Ann and Mister Eddie: Emancipated bluebloods. —
Emmanuel Taylor Gordon,
Born to Be "I’d remind them please, look at those knees, you got at Miss Ann’s scrubbing." –
Maya Angelou,
Sepia Fashion Show "Oh, oh, oh, Miss Ann, you're doing something no one can…" –"Miss Ann" song by
Little Richard. Here the singer may be referring to the white woman, Ann Johnson, who mothered him as a young teenager, twisting the standard connotation in ambiguous ways. "Miss Ann", a
jazz composition written by
Eric Dolphy and recorded several times by him; originally released on his
LP record Far Cry (1962). The composition is
semantically unrelated to the subject of this article, rather it is "a sketch of a girl he [Dolphy] knows." However, this is not obvious to someone who hears the music and its title without that context. ==See also==