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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824297603321

Autore

Harris Duchess

Titolo

Black feminist politics from Kennedy to Clinton / / Duchess Harris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

ISBN

1-349-37786-4

1-282-55705-X

9786612557057

0-230-62320-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Contemporary Black history

Disciplina

305.48/896073

973.04

Soggetti

African American feminists - Political activity - History - 20th century

African American women - Political activity - History - 20th century

Feminists - Political activity - United States - History - 20th century

Women - Political activity - United States - History - 20th century

United States Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A history of Black American feminism -- The 1990s in context : a history of Black women in American politics -- Black women's relationships with party politics -- Doubting the Democrats : current disenchantment and political futures.

Sommario/riassunto

Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book analyzes Black women's involvement in American political life, focusing on what they did to gain political power between 1961 and 2001, and why, in many cases, they did not succeed.