Laura L. Lovett

With Her Fist Raised: Dorothy Pitman Hughes and the Transformative Power of Black Community Activism

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Produktbeschreibung

"The first biography of Dorothy Pitman Hughes, co-founder of Ms. Magazine and trailblazing Black feminist activist whose work made children, race, and welfare rights central to the women's movement"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Beacon Press
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 142mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 256g
• ISBN-13: 9780807014790
• ISBN-10: 0807014796
• Artikelnr.: 61658371

Autorenporträt

Laura L. Lovett is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh, and specializes in 20th century US women’s history and the history of children’s youth. Lovett is the author of Conceiving the Future: Pronatalism, Reproduction, and the Family in the United States, 1890-1930 and the co-editor of several books including “It’s Our Movement Now”: Black Women’s Politics and the 1977 National Women’s Conference. She is the recipient of numerous honors and was selected as a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians in 2017.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
CHAPTER 1
The Ridleys: Growing Up in Georgia
CHAPTER 2
Finding Her Voice: Moving “Up South”
CHAPTER 3
Childcare, Community Care: Activism in New York City
CHAPTER 4
“Sisters Under the Skin”: Taking the Stage in the Women’s Movement
CHAPTER 5
“Racism with Roses”: Miss New York City and the Transition to Harlem
CHAPTER 6
Whose Empowerment?: Black Women’s Business and the Politics of
Gentrification
EPILOGUE
Home Again
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Image Credits
Index