Women's Legacy: Essays on Race, Sex, and Class in American History

"In this collection of essays written from a Marxist and feminist perspective, Bettina Aptheker focuses on the history of Afro-American women. According the Aptheker, the oppression of Afro-Americans has been central to the political economy of the United States. By its very extremity, she suggests, the Black woman's experience clarifies the relationship between class exploitation and sexual oppression"--From jacket flap.