Listen to We Were There: The Third World Women’s Alliance and the Second Wave by Patricia Romney

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Were There: The Third World Women’s Alliance and the Second Wave Author: Patricia Romney Narrator: Jeanette Illidge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 25 minutes Release date: December 28, 2021 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: From 1970 to 1980, the Third World Women’s Alliance lived the dream of third world feminism. The small bicoastal organization was one of the earliest groups advocating for what came to be known as intersectional activism, arguing that women of color faced a “triple jeopardy” of race, gender, and class oppression. Rooted in the Black civil rights move­ment, the TWWA pushed the women’s movement to address issues such as sterilization abuse, infant mortality, welfare, and wage exploitation, and challenged third world activist organizations to address sexism in their ranks. Widely recognized as the era’s pri­mary voice for women of color, this alliance across ethnic and racial identities was unique then and now. Interweaving oral history, scholarly and archival research, and first-person memoir, We Were There documents how the TWWA shaped and defined second wave feminism. Highlight­ing the essential contributions of women of color to the justice move­ments of the 1970s, this historical resource will inspire activists today and tomorrow, reminding a new generation that solidarity is the only way forward.