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“With its flexible and fluid structure, the informal labor sector offered employment and economic opportunities that complemented black women’s desire to secure occupational mobility”
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“She relied upon her own survival skills to earn a living wage, illustrating a sense of individuality and commitment to self-preservation”
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“African American women actively contested white constructions of black female labor.”
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“Games of chance fell outside the boundaries of urban reformers’ definitions of respectable labor and amusement”
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“adopting and performing masculinity, playing on conventional ideas about femininity and protection, employing violence, and creating mutually beneficial relationships and alliances with a host of urbanites”
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Heather’s 2025 Year in Books
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500 books
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358 books
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