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]
	©2021

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Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction	305.4209 LOVETT	Check Shelf
Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department	305.4209 LOVETT, LAURA L.	Check Shelf
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Description	xi, 161 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates ; 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.
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.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
	Hughes, Dorothy Pitman. (OCoLC)fst00432484
	African American businesspeople. (OCoLC)fst00799064
	African American feminists. (OCoLC)fst01201928
	African American women civic leaders. (OCoLC)fst01738673
	Feminism. (OCoLC)fst00922671
	Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
	Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
	Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	Since 1945
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	Biographies.
Other Form:	Online version: Lovett, Laura L. With her fist raised Boston : Beacon Press, [2021] 9780807008973 (DLC) 2020011362
ISBN	9780807008898 (hardcover)
	0807008893 (hardcover)
	9780807008973 (ebook)

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