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Author Lovett, Laura L., author.

Title With her fist raised : Dorothy Pitman Hughes and the transformative power of black community activism / Laura L. Lovett.

Publisher Boston : Beacon Press, [2021]
©2021

ISBN 9780807008898 (hardcover)
0807008893 (hardcover)
ISBN/ISSN/Media No. 40030345798



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 Kent Tatum Center Adult  92 Hughes, Dorothy Pitman.    AVAILABLE  ---
 Steinem Sisters Collection - Adult  92 Hughes, Dorothy Pitman.    AVAILABLE  ---

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Description xi, 161 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- The Ridleys of Lumpkin, Georgia -- Finding Her Voice "Up South" -- Child Care, Community Care -- "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.
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"-- Provided by publisher.
Local Note Steinem Sisters Collection.
Subject Hughes, Dorothy Pitman.
Subject(S) African American feminists -- Biography.
African American women civic leaders -- Biography.
African American businesspeople -- Biography.
Feminism -- United States.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
United States -- Race relations.
United States -- Politics and government.
Biographies.
Added Title Dorothy Pitman Hughes and the transformative power of black community activism
ISBN 9780807008898 (hardcover)
0807008893 (hardcover)
ISBN/ISSN/Media No. 40030345798