Women, Race & Class (Penguin Modern Classics)

Rangingfrom the age of slavery to contemporary injustices, this groundbreaking history of race, gender and class inequality by the radical politicalactivist Angela Davis offers an alternative view of female struggles for liberation.

Tracing the intertwined histories of the abolitionist andwomen's suffrage movements, Davis examines the racism and classprejudice inherent in so much of white feminism, and in doing so bringsto light new pioneering heroines, from field slaves to mill workers, whofought 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

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The power of her historical insights and the sweetness of her dream cannot be denied