The advent of the women’s liberation movement during the late 1960s sought to equate what was happening with white women in this society with the plight of Black women. The white women were seeking to change their role in society vis-à-vis the home and workplace. They sought to be seen as more than just mothers and homemakers; they wanted to be afforded the right to be fully active members of the workplace and to take on whatever role they wanted in society. But our situation was different. We had been working outside the home and supporting our families. We had been shouldering the awesome
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