TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lovett,Laura L.
TI  - With her fist raised: Dorothy Pitman Hughes and the transformative power of Black community activism 
SN  - 9780807008898
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Boston, Massachusetts
PB  - Beacon Press
KW  - Hughes, Dorothy Pitman.
KW  - African American feminists
KW  - Biography
KW  - African American women civic leaders
KW  - African American businesspeople
KW  - Feminism
KW  - United States
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 1945-
KW  - Race relations
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -