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We Were There

The Third World Women's Alliance and the Second Wave

by Patricia Romney
Farah Ameen
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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.

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  • Release date

    December 28, 2021

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9798200880638
      • File size: 300404 KB
      • Duration: 10:25:50

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      This is an essential and accessible audio production of the Third World Women's Alliance's (TWWA) history, written by the activists themselves. From the late 1960s through the 1970s, women of color established chapters of this organization throughout the U.S., organizing and collaborating on social justice projects and civil rights issues. Narrator Jeanette Illidge infuses the women's first-person perspectives with vitality and care. In doing so, she creates the impression that their memories remain fresh and their passion and experiences are still close to their hearts and part of their post-TWWA endeavors. Illidge's well-paced delivery clearly differentiates between author Patricia Romney's sections and those of former members. Listeners will come away with a deepened understanding of second-wave feminism and its legacy. J.R.T. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 19, 2021
      Psychologist and activist Romney (coeditor, Understanding Power) delivers a comprehensive insider history of the Third World Women’s Alliance (TWWA), a feminist organization that was active from 1970 to 1980. Romney details the group’s emergence from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and its development into an intersectional, multicultural, and sisterhood-centered organization for working-class Black, Latina, Asian, and Middle Eastern women who comprised America’s “third world.” She also describes the consciousness-raising, self-educational process by which members learned about Marxist socialism, international liberation movements, and their own bodies, and highlights the TWWA journal Triple Jeopardy, which published hundreds of articles at a time when nonwhite women’s writing had few outlets. Profiles of former members reveal how their early experiences with TWWA led to a lifetime of activism as writers, educators, policy advocates, and mothers fighting for better lives for their children. Throughout, an appealing sense of nostalgia enriches Romney’s argument that these “womanists, internationalists, anti-racist activists, and leftists” made significant contributions to second-wave feminism. This richly documented account rescues a critical chapter in the history of the feminist movement from obscurity.

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