Women, Race & Class

Women, Race & Class

1981 • 256 pages

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Ranging from the age of slavery to contemporary injustices, this groundbreaking history of race, gender and class inequality by the radical political activist Angela Davis offers an alternative view of female struggles for liberation. Tracing the intertwined histories of the abolitionist and women's suffrage movements, Davis examines the racism and class prejudice inherent in so much of white feminism, and in doing so brings to light new pioneering heroines, from field slaves to mill workers, who fought back and refused to accept the lives into which they were born. 'The power of her historical insights and the sweetness of her dream cannot be denied' The New York Times

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She was doing intersectionality before it was a word. Great look into women’s , and black rights movements in America and how they intersected and diverged. Essays cover so many issues that are still pertinent today.

October 11, 2024

So many good points. Essay 11 was my fav

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Interesting and important.

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