Status Updates From Women, Race & Class

Starting a second book not by choice but because I left my other book in my work locker for the weekend

“Throughout the Civil War, Harriet Tubman continued her relentless opposition to slavery, and even today she still holds the distinction of being the only woman in the United States ever to have led troops into battle?” Why did I not know that??

Davis does an amazing job of connecting the motivations of all political actors to their economic conditions and debunking idealists myths such as how white women joined the early stages of the abolition movement due to “maternal” instincts. Instead, their economic position being upended by industrialization, led them to see themselves in black women (it was however, a grossly off base comparison on their part).

Loving this so far!