My Soul is My Own: Oral Narratives of African American Women in the ProfessionsRoutledge, 1993 - 213 pages Presents the lives of early 20th-century African-American women in a unique context - their own words. The women themselves are as extraordinary as the language they use to describe their experiences, at home, university and work. |
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... racism and sexism on the job were to be expected . Lula found that she had to take a qualifying exam in a room separate from the white applicants who would be applying for the same job : So , I received a notice from the State ...
... racism and sexism on the job were to be expected . Lula found that she had to take a qualifying exam in a room separate from the white applicants who would be applying for the same job : So , I received a notice from the State ...
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... racism or sexism was the singular cause . In all probability , it was both . For African American women , sexism and racism are inter- twined and intimately connected . It is difficult , if not impossible , to separate the two . Under ...
... racism or sexism was the singular cause . In all probability , it was both . For African American women , sexism and racism are inter- twined and intimately connected . It is difficult , if not impossible , to separate the two . Under ...
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... racism , but they were afraid of her [ Mrs. Roose- velt ] . ( 27 : 3 , p . 56 ) The narrator's preface , " racism . . . is going to be there , " acknowl- edges racism as a factor inherent in her life as an African American woman . So ...
... racism , but they were afraid of her [ Mrs. Roose- velt ] . ( 27 : 3 , p . 56 ) The narrator's preface , " racism . . . is going to be there , " acknowl- edges racism as a factor inherent in her life as an African American woman . So ...
Table des matières
Nine Narratives | 3 |
African | 65 |
Climbing the Ladder of Success from the | 87 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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