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In reply to the discussion: We are women. We are still fighting after all these years. [View all]intheflow
(28,540 posts)34. That's Dorothy Pitman Hughes with Steinem, not Angela Davis.
Lots of people make that mistake, including the NY Post editorial screen capture you included in your OP.
http://www.critical-theory.com/whoops-new-york-post-columnist-cant-tell-black-people-apart/
http://jimromenesko.com/2014/01/06/new-york-post-columnist-mistakes-dorothy-pitman-hughes-for-angela-davis/
Here's the original photo with proper attribution from the Smith College archives: http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/agents/steinemhughes.html
Here's a little write-up on the recreated photo in 2014:
http://nagonthelake.blogspot.com/2014/10/gloria-steinem-and-dorothy-pitman.html
Edited to add: "We are women. We are still fighting after all these years." But black women are still fighting to just be recognized, apparently.
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That's the only way we CAN do it. Sure can't pull it off as separate individuals.
calimary
Apr 2015
#17
this is for women and girls all over the world. every once in a while, time magazine
niyad
Apr 2015
#41
Wonderful post & images. I'd love a copy of the 'Well Behaved Women' poster for sure.
appalachiablue
Apr 2015
#9
Did you see what Gloria Steinem had to say about the role black women have played in the
Number23
Apr 2015
#15
Although I've never met you, I can assure you that you are as beautiful as ever
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#16
Thank you to all the strong women famous and not who stood up for themselves, their daughters
Dont call me Shirley
Apr 2015
#37