When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex In America - Softcover

Giddings, Paula

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9780553342253: When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex In America
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0553342258 ISBN 13: 9780553342253
Publisher: Bantam, 1985

Synopsis

When and Where I Enter is an eloquent testimonial to the profound influence of African-American women on race and women's movements throughout American history. Drawing on speeches, diaries, letters, and other original documents, Paula Giddings powerfully portrays how black women have transcended racist and sexist attitudes--often confronting white feminists and black male leaders alike--to initiate social and political reform. From the open disregard for the rights of slave women to examples of today's more covert racism and sexism in civil rights and women'sorganizations, Giddings illuminates the black woman's crusade for equality. In the process, she paints unforgettable portraits of black female leaders, such as anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells, educator and FDR adviser Mary McLeod Bethune, and the heroic civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer, among others, who fought both overt and institutionalized oppression.

When and Where I Enter reveals the immense moral power black women possessed and sought to wield throughout their history--the same power that prompted Anna Julia Cooper in 1892 to tell a group of black clergymen, "Only the black woman can say 'when and where I enter, in the quiet, undisputed dignity of my womanhood, without violence and without suing or special patronage, then and there the whole . . . race enters with me.'"

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About the Author

Paula J. Giddings is the Elizabeth A. Woodson 1922 Professor in Afro-American Studies at Smith College and the author of When and Where I Enter and In Search of Sisterhood.

Review

“The best interpretation of black women and race and sex that we have” (Women's Review of Books)

“The first historical study of the relationship in America between racism and sex.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“A triumphant study.” (Publishers Weekly)

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Publisher
Bantam
Publication date
1985
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0553342258
ISBN 13 
9780553342253
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
408
Rating
  • 4.33 out of 5 stars
    2,091 ratings by Goodreads