"As Kimberlé Crenshaw has emphasized, women need to "tell their stories, to document, explain, and theorize about the interlocking themes, meanings, and oppressions of their lives, restoring what has been invisible and erased so as to articulate "what difference the difference makes.""
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Lawyers from the United StatesWomen activists from the United StatesWomen's rights activistsWomen in law21st-century African-American women
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Joyce Antler Jewish Radical Feminism: Voices from the Women’s Liberation Movement (2020)
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