Character Analysis: Fight Like A Girl

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Fight Like a Girl: 50 Feminists Who Changed the World By Laura Barcella TABLE OF CONTENTS: Mary Wollstonecraft Sojourner Truth Elizabeth Blackwell Marie Curie Amy Jacques Garvey Frida Kahlo Simone de Beauvoir Pauli Murray Rosa Parks Florynce Kennedy Shirley Chisholm Maya Angelou Yayoi Kusama Faith Ringgold Yoko Ono Audre Lorde Jane Goodall Judy Blume Judy Chicago Frances Beal Wangari Maathai Wilma Rudolph Angela Y. Davis Alice Walker Wilma Mankiller Rep. Barbara Lee Shirin Ebadi Hillary Clinton Kate Bornstein Pam Grier Leslie Feinberg Sally Ride bell hooks Cindy Sherman Oprah Sandra Cisneros Geena Davis Anita Hill Poly Styrene Madonna Renee Cox Wendy Davis Kathleen Hanna Margaret Cho Queen Latifah Ani DiFranco Roxane Gay Beyonce Tavi Gevinson Malala Yousafzai INTRODUCTION: I've been pro-choice since before I fully understood what that meant. I don't remember which one of us got the abortion-rights bug first, but a few girlfriends and I started attending pro-choice rallies in our hometown (D.C.) when we were …show more content…

Kennedy, and Eleanor Roosevelt, was once dubbed a “one-woman civil rights movement.” Though she might not be among the most glamorously bold-faced names of that era, her feminist legacy is towering, and she’s considered an unsung pioneer of her time. She was one of the most instrumental figures to help bridge the chasm between civil rights and women’s rights, making sure people realized the importance of including black women in both movements. As she wrote in her book Words of Fire, “By asserting a leadership role in the growing feminist movement, the black woman can help to keep it allied to the objectives of black liberation while simultaneously advancing the interests of all women."

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