Ain't I a Woman
by bell hooks
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism is a book by bell hooks, first published by South End Press in Boston in 1981. Named after Sojourner Truth's 1851 speech, it examines how racism and sexism together shaped Black women's lives in the United States, from slavery to 1970s feminism.
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First edition
- South End Press, 1981
- First published
- South End Press, Boston, Massachusetts, 1981
- First UK edition
- Pluto Press, 1982
The first edition of Ain't I a Woman by bell hooks was published in Boston, MA by South End Press in 1981. We track 2 editions.
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- 17 on Open Library, 14 in English
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Who published the first edition of Ain't I a Woman?
The first edition of Ain't I a Woman by bell hooks was published in Boston, MA by South End Press in 1981.
How many editions of Ain't I a Woman are there?
We track 2 editions of Ain't I a Woman, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Where these facts come from
- Ain't I a Woman? (book), Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Ain't I a woman: Black women and feminism (South End Press, 1981), Open Library (openlibrary.org)
- Ain't I a woman (Pluto, London, 1982), Open Library (openlibrary.org)
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