Women, Race, & ClassA powerful study of the women's liberation movement in the U.S., from abolitionist days to the present, that demonstrates how it has always been hampered by the racist and classist biases of its leaders. From the widely revered and legendary political activist and scholar Angela Davis. |
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User Review - jessicadelellis - LibraryThingI read this book for my Women in Politics class. This book's central focus is intersectional feminism. It highlights how gender, race, and class factor into inequality. This book started off ... Read full review
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User Review - eenee - LibraryThingThis is a wonderful collection of essays about race (mainly black Americans v. white Americans/immigrants). Davis includes some really important information about early rich white (American) lady ... Read full review
Contents
WOMENS RIGHTS | 30 |
CLASS mu RACE IN rm EARLY WOMENS rucrns | 46 |
RACISM IN THE WOMAN SUFFRACE MOVEMENT | 70 |
THE MEANING or EMANCIPATION ACCORDING TO anc | 87 |
BLACK WOMEN AND THE CLUB MOVEMENT | 127 |
IO COMMUNIST WOMEN | 149 |
RAPE RACISM mo THE MYTH or THE aucx mus1 | 172 |
THE APPROACHING OBSOLESCENCE OF HOUSEWORKI | 238 |
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