#FromTheArchives The Unbroken Cycle of Radical Black Feminist/Womanist Women In My Family …Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons, Ph.D., my mother, was the first self-defined feminist that I ever knew. I firmly believe that my (great-great-great) grandmothers and aunts were Black feminists/womanists, even though they would never have used those terms to describe themselves. I feel extremely fortunate that I grew up in two households (my mother’s and my father’s) where the words “Black” and “feminist” were never viewed as contradictory. This understanding is a very important gift that I inherited from both my mother and my father at a young age. It shaped how I view the world today. For many years, my mother and I have had our “mother/daughter” challenges. We consistently work, struggle, and love through dialogue and in the profundity of silence to fully understand who we each are and respect the places from which we each stand on our journeys called life… thefeministwire/2012/05/the-unbroken-cycle-of-radical-black-feministwomanist-women-in-my-family/
Posted on: Sun, 11 May 2014 13:01:51 +0000
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