Moving the Mountain: Women Working for Social Change Contributor(s): Cantarow, Ellen (Author), O?malley, Susan Gushee (Author), Strom, Sharon Hartman (Author) |
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ISBN: 0912670614 ISBN-13: 9780912670614 Publisher: Feminist Press OUR PRICE: $17.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1993 Annotation: These vivid oral histories of the lives of three remarkable political activists document a century of social change movements. Florence Luscomb campaigned for suffrage early in the century and went to work in the labor, peace, and contemporary women's movement. Ella Baker was a civil rights organizer for over fifty years. Jessie Lopez De La Cruz, a lifelong farmworker, was the first woman to organize in the fields for the United Farmworkers. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Political Science | Women In Politics - Social Science | Women's Studies |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 79011840 |
Series: Women's Lives, Women's Work |
Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.99" W x 8.98" (0.71 lbs) 208 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Florence Luscomb campaigned for suffrage early in the century and worked for social change. Ella Baker was a civil rights organizer for over fifty years. Jessie Lopez De La Cruz, a lifelong farmworker, was the first woman to organize in the fields for the United Farmworkers. These vivid oral histories of the lives of these three remarkable political activists document a century of social change movements. |