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
ISBN: | 9780241408407 |
Publication date: | 3rd October 2019 |
Author: | Angela Y Davis |
Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 256 pages |
Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
Genres: |
Social and cultural history Gender studies: women and girls Ethnic groups and multicultural studies Far-left political ideologies and movements Human rights, civil rights Social discrimination and social justice Slavery and abolition of slavery |