身為女性,我很抱歉;生為女性,令人遺憾?是什麼樣的歷史,讓女性一旦掌握權力,便注定握緊天生性別的原罪,和對命運的憤怒?人人平等,難道永遠都會是天方夜譚?Wolfson History Prize得主、皇家藝術學院(Royal Academy of Arts)古典文學教授、英國最受歡迎歷史學者瑪莉‧畢爾德,在《女力告白:最危險的力量與被噤聲的歷史》一書中,精闢評論暗藏社會中以憤怒與正義偽裝的權力不平
In their analyses of the role of women in politics, political scientists had tended to neglect the family and the labour market, thus ignoring a crucial aspect of women's political activity. Originall
Ranging from the age of slavery to contemporary injustices, this groundbreaking history of race, gender and class inequality by the radical political activist Angela Davis offers an alternative view of female struggles for liberation. Tracing the intertwined histories of the abolitionist and women's suffrage movements, Davis examines the racism and class prejudice inherent in so much of white feminism, and in doing so brings to light new pioneering heroines, from field slaves to mill workers, who fought back and refused to accept the lives into which they were born. 'The power of her historical insights and the sweetness of her dream cannot be denied' The New York Times