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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.

Publication Info. Boston : Beacon Press, [2021]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2045406~S1
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 Nichols Adult Biography  BIO HUGHES    AVAILABLE
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Description xi, 161 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 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.
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-148) and index.
Subject Hughes, Dorothy Pitman.
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.
Genre Biographies.
ISBN 9780807008898 (hardcover)
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