num_pages: 427
description: Examines the lives and art of Black women blues singers and argues that they expressed a Black, working class, feminist perspective
language: English
title: Blues Legacies And Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday
titlecomplete: Blues Legacies And Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday
genres: History, Feminism, Womens, Biography, African American, Social Justice, Music, Gender, Race, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1581
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: American Book Award
publisher: Pantheon Books/Random House, Inc.