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  • We Were There

  • The Third World Women’s Alliance and the Second Wave
  • By: Patricia Romney
  • Narrated by: Jeanette Illidge
  • Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
  • 3.6 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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We Were There

By: Patricia Romney
Narrated by: Jeanette Illidge
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From 1970 to 1980, the Third World Women’s Alliance lived the dream of third world feminism. The small bicoastal organization was one of the earliest groups advocating for what came to be known as intersectional activism, arguing that women of color faced a “triple jeopardy” of race, gender, and class oppression. Rooted in the Black civil rights move­ment, the TWWA pushed the women’s movement to address issues such as sterilization abuse, infant mortality, welfare, and wage exploitation, and challenged third world activist organizations to address sexism in their ranks. Widely recognized as the era’s pri­mary voice for women of color, this alliance across ethnic and racial identities was unique then and now.

Interweaving oral history, scholarly and archival research, and first-person memoir, We Were There documents how the TWWA shaped and defined second wave feminism. Highlight­ing the essential contributions of women of color to the justice move­ments of the 1970s, this historical resource will inspire activists today and tomorrow, reminding a new generation that solidarity is the only way forward.

©2021 by Patricia Romney. Foreword © 2021 by Farah Ameen (P)2021 by Blackstone Publishing
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