It gives a broad overview of the activism that both Black and white women were involved in, and examines the Black feminist critique of white feminists as racist, how white feminists reacted to this critique, and asks why the women's movement was so unable to engage with the concerns of Black women.
Natalie Thomlinson is Lecturer in History at the University of Wolverhampton, UK.
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“Natalie Thomlinson’s Race, Ethnicity and the Women’s Movement in England, 1968-1993 is a vital addition to this critical historiography. … Thomlinson not only directly contributes to an emergent area of critical research on the history of women’s activism, but also provides a blueprint for considering how this field should be taken forward.” (Kate Mahoney, 20th Century British History, Vol. 30 (4), December, 2019)Selected by Choice magazine as an "Outstanding Academic Title" for 2016“This insightful history is a must read for all historians of postwar feminism. ... the author sheds light on a relatively neglected topic in feminist historiography: the various emotional cultures of the women’s movement. Given the general lack of historical scholarship on feminism in the UK, Thomlinson’s narrative of the movement will be foundational for future scholarship. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (D. J. Mattingly, Choice, Vol. 54 (3), November, 2016)
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1. The (White) WLM, c.1968–1975 2. Black Women's Activism c. 1970–1990 3. Jewish Feminism in England, c. 1974–1990 4. White Anti-Racist, Anti-Fascist and Anti-Imperialist Feminism, c. 1976–1980 5. Critique and Coalitions: Black and White Feminists Working Together in the 1980s