Sisterhood is Powerful is an anthology “conceived, written, edited, copy-edited, proofread, designed, and illustrated by women” (Morgan, XV) in 1970. The introduction, written by Robin Morgan, discusses the difficulties that were faced while writing this book and why this book was being written. She explains that “five personal relationships were severed, two couples were divorced and one separated, one woman was forced to withdraw her article, by the man she lived with; another’s husband kept rewriting the piece until it was unrecognizable as her own” (Morgan, XV). A lot of the authors used their own personal experiences in this book, which made the book more raw, but also more difficult to write. This book focuses on the Women’s Liberation
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Starting with “Double Jeopardy: To Be Black and Female”, author Frances M. Beal, says that, “the black woman in America can justly be described as a ‘slave of a slave’” (Beal, 385). When we think about it, black women endure a lot of suffering throughout history. Not only does the color of their skin put them in the position to receive discrimination, but also on top of that they are female, which reduces their rights to even less. Beal points out that when it comes to the white women’s movement, a majority of the women fighting for their rights come from the middle class. This was seen as a problem because the women fighting do not know what it is like to come from “the extreme economic exploitation that most black women are subjected to day by day” (Beal, pg. 394). She explains that they must work to destroy oppression of all types and that it must represent all walks of life and economic statuses. In “The Suburban Scene”, Connie Dvorkin, an eighth grader from New York, identifies as pacifist and vegetarian. She discusses the oppression women face starting at such a young age. “It starts almost the instant they are born, by their mothers, and by fathers encouraging the boy to take an interest in cars, baseball, etc., and discouraging girls” (Dvorkin, pg.
Starting with “Double Jeopardy: To Be Black and Female”, author Frances M. Beal, says that, “the black woman in America can justly be described as a ‘slave of a slave’” (Beal, 385). When we think about it, black women endure a lot of suffering throughout history. Not only does the color of their skin put them in the position to receive discrimination, but also on top of that they are female, which reduces their rights to even less. Beal points out that when it comes to the white women’s movement, a majority of the women fighting for their rights come from the middle class. This was seen as a problem because the women fighting do not know what it is like to come from “the extreme economic exploitation that most black women are subjected to day by day” (Beal, pg. 394). She explains that they must work to destroy oppression of all types and that it must represent all walks of life and economic statuses. In “The Suburban Scene”, Connie Dvorkin, an eighth grader from New York, identifies as pacifist and vegetarian. She discusses the oppression women face starting at such a young age. “It starts almost the instant they are born, by their mothers, and by fathers encouraging the boy to take an interest in cars, baseball, etc., and discouraging girls” (Dvorkin, pg.