Catching Hell and Doing Well : Black women in the UK - the Abasindi Cooperative.
Watt, Diana.
Catching Hell and Doing Well : Black women in the UK - the Abasindi Cooperative. - London : Institute of Education Press, 2015. - 1 online resource (193 pages)
Cover; Acknowledgements; About the authors; 1 Abasindi Black Women's Cooperative; 2 The legacy of Black women's activism; 3 Cultural expressions of resilience; 4 Ancestral journeys and diasporic connections; 5 Loving body, skin and hair; 6 Sowing seeds of success; 7 The politics of sisterhood; 8 Reflections; References; Index.
Photographs, poems and press cuttings enhance this account of the achievements of the women of the Abasindi Cooperative, who carved a space in their Manchester community to determine and redefine their conditions - along the way making a significant contribution to community activism in the UK today against race, class and gender oppression.
9781858566726 (electronic bk.) 185856672X (electronic bk.)
1900-1999
Women, Black--Political activity--History--England--Manchester--20th century.
Women social workers, Black--History--England--Manchester--20th century--Biography.
Women in community development--History--England--Manchester--20th century.
Feminism--History.--Great Britain
Feminists--History--Great Britain--Biography.
Feminist poetry, English.
Femmes noires--Activité politique--Histoire--Angleterre--Manchester--20e siècle.
Travailleuses sociales noires--Histoire--Angleterre--Manchester--20e siècle--Biographies.
Femmes dans le développement communautaire--Histoire--Angleterre--Manchester--20e siècle.
Féminisme--Histoire.--Grande-Bretagne
Féministes--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--Biographies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
Feminism.
Feminist poetry, English.
Feminists.
Women, Black--Political activity.
Women in community development.
Women social workers, Black.
England--Manchester.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.
DA125.N4
305.48896041
Catching Hell and Doing Well : Black women in the UK - the Abasindi Cooperative. - London : Institute of Education Press, 2015. - 1 online resource (193 pages)
Cover; Acknowledgements; About the authors; 1 Abasindi Black Women's Cooperative; 2 The legacy of Black women's activism; 3 Cultural expressions of resilience; 4 Ancestral journeys and diasporic connections; 5 Loving body, skin and hair; 6 Sowing seeds of success; 7 The politics of sisterhood; 8 Reflections; References; Index.
Photographs, poems and press cuttings enhance this account of the achievements of the women of the Abasindi Cooperative, who carved a space in their Manchester community to determine and redefine their conditions - along the way making a significant contribution to community activism in the UK today against race, class and gender oppression.
9781858566726 (electronic bk.) 185856672X (electronic bk.)
1900-1999
Women, Black--Political activity--History--England--Manchester--20th century.
Women social workers, Black--History--England--Manchester--20th century--Biography.
Women in community development--History--England--Manchester--20th century.
Feminism--History.--Great Britain
Feminists--History--Great Britain--Biography.
Feminist poetry, English.
Femmes noires--Activité politique--Histoire--Angleterre--Manchester--20e siècle.
Travailleuses sociales noires--Histoire--Angleterre--Manchester--20e siècle--Biographies.
Femmes dans le développement communautaire--Histoire--Angleterre--Manchester--20e siècle.
Féminisme--Histoire.--Grande-Bretagne
Féministes--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--Biographies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
Feminism.
Feminist poetry, English.
Feminists.
Women, Black--Political activity.
Women in community development.
Women social workers, Black.
England--Manchester.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.
DA125.N4
305.48896041