Pioneering Women of Color: Frances Beal, Martha Cotera, and Yvonne Swan

1002 George Bush Drive West,College Station TX 77840

24 March, 2022

Description

In the 1970s, women of color challenged sexism and advanced equality. Come hear three pioneers who led the way--and enter a free raffle! This is a historic, one-time panel at Texas A&M University featuring three major pioneers of the Second Wave of Women's Rights. Hear the stories and unique perspectives of Frances Beal (author of the 1969 article "Double Jeopardy: To Be Black and Female"), Martha Cotera (author of the 1977 pamphlet "The Chicana Feminist"), and Yvonne Swan, the Native American who successfully fought a twenty-year prison sentence for defending her children from an attacker and set a nationwide precedent in 1977 that allowed innumerable battered women to obtain justice.