The Trouble Between Us: An Uneasy History of White and Black Women in the Feminist Movement

by Winifred Breines

Book Overview

Inspired by the idealism of the civil rights movement, the women who launched the radical second wave of the feminist movement believed, as a bedrock principle, in universal sisterhood and color-blind democracy. Their hopes, however, were soon dashed. To this day, the failure to create an integrated movement remains a sensitive and contested issue. In The Trouble Between Us, Winifred Breines explores why a racially integrated women's liberation movement...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195179048
• ISBN13: 9780195179040
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

A must read for feminists

The Trouble Between Us is a must read for those of us (black and white feminists) who participated in the women's movement from the 1960s - 1980s, and for younger feminists (and everyone) who want to understand the historical roots of contemporary feminism. Wini Breines describes, analyses and explains the difficulties of creating a multi-racial women's movement in the US, and why white and black feminists finally achieved some success in working together. Their struggle is model for bringing about cross-racial understanding in the larger society. I loved this book.