Women, Race & Class

271 pages

English language

Published Jan. 13, 1983 by Vintage Books.

ISBN:
9780394713519

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5 stars (1 review)

Longtime activist, author and political figure Angela Davis brings us this expose of the women's movement in the context of the fight for civil rights and working class issues. She uncovers a side of the fight for suffrage many of us have not heard: the intimate tie between the anti-slavery campaign and the struggle for women's suffrage. She shows how the racist and classist bias of some in the women's movement have divided its own membership. Davis' message is clear: If we ever want equality, we're gonna have to fight for it together.

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Women are forces of nature who inspire me

5 stars

As a cis-male, reading this book gave me a lot of insight to the lives women faced tracing back to slavery to modern day. It was important for me to read this because I want to be a better feminist. The people I read about I will never forget. Prudence Crandall and Ida B. Wells are some of them. They fought against the grain and that gives me inspiration to fight against the rising powers of fascism. I learned about the abolition movement and how women pioneered it. I learned about the suffrage movement and how it was once a force of nature and how it then became a racist movement. I learned about the beginnings of racism and sexism in the United States. This book gave me the basic knowledge I can then educate other cis-men who don't know about these movements. I want to thank Davis for making …

Subjects

  • African Americans -- History
  • Sexism -- United States
  • Racism -- United States
  • United States -- Race relations
  • United States -- Economic conditions -- 1971-1981