“[…] she taken turpentine and she taken too much, I guess, and she died. She bled to death and died”. She was not alone. Prior to the 1974 Roe v. Wade U.S. Supreme Court decision that a woman’s right to personal privacy gave her the right to decide whether or not to have an abortion, large numbers of women who died from illegal abortions were Black. In New York, for example, during the several years preceding the decriminalization of abortions, 80 percent of the women who died from illegal abortions were Black or Puerto Rican.”
Quote by Patricia Hill Collins
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Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment
This book delves into the intellectual and political landscape of black feminism, examining its concepts of knowledge and consciousness as they relate to the empowerment of black women. more
Author
Patricia Hill Collins
Patricia Hill Collins is an esteemed American sociologist known for her contributions to the theory of intersectionality, focusing on how race, class, and gender intersect to shape social structures and individual experiences. more
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