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With her fist raised : Dorothy Pitman Hughes and the transformative power of black community activism  Cover Image Book Book

With her fist raised : Dorothy Pitman Hughes and the transformative power of black community activism

Lovett, Laura L. (author.).

Summary: "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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  • ISBN: 9780807008898
  • ISBN: 0807008893
  • Physical Description: print
    xi, 161 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, [2021]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-148) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction -- The Ridleys: Growing Up in Georgia -- Finding Her Voice: Moving "Up South" -- Childcare, Community Care : Activism in New York City -- "Sisters Under the Skin": Taking the Stage in the Women's Movement -- "Racism with Roses": Miss New York City and the Transition to Harlem -- Whose Empowerment? Black Women's Business and the Politics of Gentrification -- Epilogue: Home Again.
Subject: Hughes, Dorothy Pitman
African American women civic leaders -- Biography
African American businesspeople -- Biography
Feminism -- United States
African American feminists -- Biography
United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
United States -- Race relations
United States -- Politics and government

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.

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Lansdowne Library HQ 1413 P58 L68 2021 (Text) 26040003396781 Main Collection Volume hold Available -

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